Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 01:01:23 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Tim Kellers <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: heinous X and this blasted laptop Message-ID: <20020201060123.GA4840@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020131234721.T34511-200000@serv1.wallnet.com> References: <20020131234721.T34511-200000@serv1.wallnet.com>
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wrote Tim Kellers thusly...
>
> Man, do I miss the VGA XF86Setup utility, but, now, I'm not sure
> even it would help. I built XFree86 from ports, and I assumed
> --I'm quite sure-- it is the 3.x flavor, not 4.x.
...
> Anyway, X is still kicking my butt. Relevant hardware details are:
>
> Dell Inspiron C600 laptop FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE (built from sources,
> fresh, after an initial minimimal
...
> (--) SVGA: PCI: ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF rev 2, Memory @ 0xf8000000, MMIO @ 0xfdffc000, I/O @ 0xec00
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
i am using XFree86 4.1.x on dell inspiron 5000e; X id's the ati chip
as...
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF rev 2, Mem @ 0xf8000000/26, 0xf4100000/14, I/O @ 0x2000/8
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...and uses r128 driver. i have to upgrade from 3.3.x to 4.x as at the
time there was no support for this chip in v3.3.x.
so, if you try XF86 v4.x, then perhaps this XF86Config may be
helpful...
http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/unix/cf/x/XF86Config
...mind you that there are some options in XF86Config which may not
be compatible between v3.3.x and v4.1.x.
- parv
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