Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:11:48 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: XFree86 4.1 and unresolved symbols - here an easy thing to try Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107261646020.86382-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com>
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Posted to XFree86-newbies list From: Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir@unt.edu> [cut] Apparently I assumed that the new XFree86 -configure was going to accurately pick the right driver for my video card. It seems to have decided to use 'ati' instead of 'radeon'. This is all under FreeBSD-4.3 STABLE. [cut] From reading about getting unresolved references this is an easy thing to try and it may apply to other new cards as well. The XFree86 4.x config file is must more readable by the novice (me) and as it would seem that (a) Xfree86 -configure and, (b) xf86cfg are works in progress so reading is a must. I had <almost> the exact problem, a Radeon 32 MB SDR card (the one with the scorpion on the box). In my case the configuration did two things wrong. My system, a Dell PE-300 comes with an embedded ATI video so both "a" and "b" built XF86Config files with two video and monitor sections, maybe not an error, but neither would it work because the PCI card supersedes the embedded card. After fixing that it still did not work giving some unresolved refs. Changing the driver spec from "ati" to "radeon" made it all better :) Also note that XFree86 and X may not work after an otherwise good install because of missing or bad .x<whatever> files. I use xdm so I do not have them so when I ran XFree86 -xf86configure XF86config.new (from memory may be mispelled) all I got was the background and the mouse - no sign-in box. My last observation is that X-apps, including KDE, built for 4.0.2 work fine (for me). _____ Douglas Denault doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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