Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:32:05 -0000 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: x11@freebsd.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server Message-ID: <41FD4AED.6080200@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > Adding more to this.. x.org has this as bug 1109 > It was erroneously linked as a duplicate of 1881 which has > been fixed, however that was a bug in the radeon driver and this > is the ati driver. > > If anyone knows what the Linux "vga=793" or (whatever it is) > kernel option does and whether there is somethign equivalent for freeBSD > that would be interesting. > > > >>Ok, so hearing good things about the x.org server >>and having seen it work elsewhere, I upgraded my laptop >>from XFree86 to x.org today.. >>all went fine.. >>Except running it I just get a black screen. >>no errors.. The Server thinks it's doing just fine.. >> >>ok, so I go to my wife's ibook and surf around a bit and discover >>that this is known.. Dell Inspiron 7500 and x.org >>have this problem. >> >>There is talk of a workaround in linux.. setting a kernel argument to >>vga=753 or someothing similar, and there is one posting that talks about >>a similar workaround for FreeBSD existing, but I have not been >>able to find the workaround itself. Apparently this has been solved >>somewhere as well, but I can't find any specific reference to what the fix >>is/was. >> >>If anyone has a hint as to what the problem is (apparently some IBM >>laptops have the same problem (they use the same Rage mobility-M chip). >> >>Looking forward to having X again... >> >>If anyone has a dell 7500 working with x,org, I'd love to get a copy >>of your ati driver or a description of how you solved it.. >> >>T.I.A. >> >>Julian I never had an issue running Xorg with my 7500 *shrug* -- Best regards, Chris Real programmers drink too much coffee so that they will always seem tense and overworked. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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