Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:54:48 +0100 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: "A. Samer" <asamera@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trying to configure Xorg on a sparc laptop runing FreeBSD 8.0 Message-ID: <20101216165448.GA62502@alchemy.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim4Zs7OT8qNGQNkQ5kiv7i3QjcMy2zLXYfb5Ti5@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=21Lg3irHjbAReB67WaiTT0qzE=U=wzwoOeWU%2B@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTim4Zs7OT8qNGQNkQ5kiv7i3QjcMy2zLXYfb5Ti5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 09:24:01AM +0100, A. Samer wrote: > I am trying to configure Xorg on a sparc laptop runing FreeBSD 8.0, and i > have some problems with the display , i get it splitted in 4 parts, like a > mirror . I am sure that someone found a solution to this issue. Would > you mind to give me some help ? > * > Due to the limited size of this message, i suggest to follow this link to > my personnal blog for more details * > > http://linuxisnotunix.blogspot.com/2010/12/trying-to-configure-xorg-on-sparc.html > _______________________________________________ Assuming the resolution of the display is configured correctly the only thing I can think of is the x.org ati driver using the wrong reference frequency, which it is know to not detect (correctly) on sparc64 (actually with no BIOS for the graphics chip present). One can set it manually by putting: Option "reference_clock" "28.636 MHz" into the respective 'Device' section of xorg.conf. A value used by some other chips is 29.5 MHz. If that doesn't make a difference you probably should try a newer version of the driver by manually updating the port. Marius
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