From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 05:43:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AF516A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 05:43:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from 194-185-53-242.f5.ngi.it (194-185-53-242.f5.ngi.it [194.185.53.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E0A843DA6 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 05:41:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@remotelab.org) Received: from einstein.lab (einstein.lab [192.168.168.2]) i0ODdp0K085603; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:39:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark@remotelab.org) Received: from einstein.lab (localhost.lab [127.0.0.1]) by einstein.lab (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0ODdbrx001096; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:39:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark@einstein.lab) Received: (from mark@localhost) by einstein.lab (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0ODdbMw001095; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:39:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:39:37 +0100 From: Marco Trentini To: auto68980@hushmail.com Message-ID: <20040124133937.GA870@einstein.lab> References: <200401240019.i0O0Jg6f009661@mailserver3.hushmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401240019.i0O0Jg6f009661@mailserver3.hushmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [XFree86] Radeon 9200 256MB Produces Garbled Screen With CVS Version Of XFree86 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:43:30 -0000 On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:19:42PM -0800, auto68980@hushmail.com wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Should this be cc'd to the list? Yes ... done. > > >Two things: > > > >1)How did you build the XFree86 taken from CVS? > > I checked it out: > > CVS_RSH=ssh > CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.xfree86.org:/cvs > export CVS_RSH CVSROOT > checkout xc > > I read the instructions and compiled it like this: > > cd xc > make World > make install > make install.man > Without any patches? As you can see in the file directory of the XFree86-4-Server port there are a lot of patches to apply before to compile the sources. IMO it is not as easy to compile XFree86 under FreeBSD. > >2)Have you tried the XFree86 -configure command to auto-generate > >the > >configuration file? > > Yes, it says: > > (WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:0:1) > found > > but this is the secondary device on the card, right? > Use scanpci(1) to find your card. > (EE) RADEON(0): V_BIOS address 0x0 out of range > > OK, so this memory address looks somewhat suspicious, but I don't know > much about video memory, it could start at 0x0 couldn't it? Or does FreeBSD > map all memory as one flat memory including the video memory? > This could be a patch problem. > > > >I think your card will be completely supported in the imminent new > >XFree86 relese as you can see here > >http://www.xfree86.org/snapshot/radeon.4.html > > I hope so, I mean, they shouldn't really claim that it is supported if > it isn't should they? But I suppose this doesn't apply to the CVS version, > only the official release. So hopefully it will work. > The your assumption is right ... that is a snapshot version :) Wait the release. -- Marco Trentini mark@remotelab.org http://www.remotelab.org/