From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:33:12 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 03B8E16A41C; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:33:12 +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 9054E43EE1; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:18:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 26F4F61AFD; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:18:23 -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 36A785C773 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:46:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF6A55E5E; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:45:43 +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 E1CD016A4D8; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:45:41 +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 A102316A4CE; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:15:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (mail.dt.e-technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE [129.217.163.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F155943D31; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:15:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthias.andree@gmx.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])436EF44234; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:15:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (krusty [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13371-03; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:15:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from m2a2.dyndns.org (p548544A4.dip.t-dialin.net [84.133.68.164]) 640D644232; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:15:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94CE878D69; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:15:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from merlin.emma.line.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (m2a2.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21225-05-2; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:15:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id BC72C78D6A; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:15:38 +0100 (CET) From: Matthias Andree To: julian@FreeBSD.ORG (Julian Elischer) In-Reply-To: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> (Julian Elischer's message of "Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:56:50 +0000 (GMT)") References: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:45:39 +0000 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=-4.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,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 00:33:12 -0000 X-Original-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:15:38 +0100 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:33:12 -0000 julian@FreeBSD.ORG (Julian Elischer) writes: > 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) It sets a VESA graphic mode and tells the kernel to use the VESA frame buffer as a console; 793 is VESA mode 0x119 i. e. 1280x1024 in 32768 colors. Perhaps the driver doesn't know how to program proper graphic modes on your card and needs to use the BIOS. Similar nonsense as on Intel 830M and newer (up to and including 915G so far) -- Matthias Andree _______________________________________________ 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"