From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:32:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: x11@freebsd.org 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 EF9AF16A41C; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:32:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D5F44327; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:18:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2732261A5F; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:18:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ED875C9A8 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:59:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94BF456099; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:59:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101E916A504; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:59:30 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DA8316A4CF; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:59:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF9FB43D2F; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:59:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 242AC6128; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:59:24 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 85206-08; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:59:21 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62F4F6110; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:59:21 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <41FD4AED.6080200@makeworld.com> From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050101) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer References: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: Cc: x11@freebsd.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:32:05 -0000 X-Original-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:00:29 -0600 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:32:05 -0000 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"