From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 12 02:03:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E5416A420 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:03:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DFBF43D46 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:03:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:03:07 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id D94D245041; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:03:06 -0800 (PST) To: FreeBSD Prospect In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:17:53 +0100." <200602111617.53449.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:03:06 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20060212020306.D94D245041@ptavv.es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proprietary ATI Radeon driver or fglrx X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:03:11 -0000 > From: FreeBSD Prospect > Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:17:53 +0100 > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Am Samstag, 11. Februar 2006 15:40 schrieb Niki Denev: > > > Astrodog wrote: > > > I believe the 200M is supported by ATI's binary FreeBSD driver. You > > > can get it from their website. > > > > Ummm... ATI binary driver for FreeBSD? Is there such thing? > > Now that would be nice, but there still isn't. > > Anybody knows of a petition for ATI FreeBSD drivers? > > (I just signed for the Macromedia Flash petition yesterday) Check out the archives for current. Chris Gilbert has been working on this. His last message (dated 20 Jan) says that he will continue work on it in a few weeks when he has a bit more time. It is working for some, but I'm not sure it works with the latest X.org release. Try googling on mailing.freebsd.current ATI FireGL in Google Groups. The messages are all between late December to late January. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634