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Date:      Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:09:46 -0800
From:      Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATI x1600 support
Message-ID:  <460DDF0A.5010600@u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20070330190032.GA2240@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net>
References:  <20070330190032.GA2240@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net>

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Alain G. Fabry wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just received a new laptop Compaq nc8430 with an ATI Mobility
> Radeon x1600 graphics card. Didn't have a selection option, just take
> what you get.
> Has anybody got this working with a decent resolution?
> I can't get it better then 1024x768. Is there a way to bring it 
> to 1280x800.
> Where could I find more info on this?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Alain
Try with the vesa driver or completely open source ATI driver (not the 
proprietary one -- still hasn't been ported to FreeBSD as I've 
discovered). So, no DRI or GLX support until ATI fixes their driver to 
work with the FreeBSD kernel / X11.
-Garrett



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