Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:06:21 +0800 From: Aaron Lewis <aaron.lewis1989@gmail.com> To: "Bas v.d. Wiel" <bas@kompasmedia.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4B8EF97D.1080204@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B8E82B6.9020607@kompasmedia.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1003031443170.18045@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <4B8EDF8C.2050301@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003030802070.37030@wonkity.com> <4B8E8190.1000905@gmail.com> <4B8E82B6.9020607@kompasmedia.nl>
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Bas v.d. Wiel wrote: > Aaron Lewis wrote: >> >>> Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed >>> drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). >>> >>> >> Well , the opensource ati driver doesn't work for me , no matter >> linux or FreeBSD , it crashes >> I've read the documents , and found my ATI is on the support list , >> but it just don't work ;-( >> >>> Are you saying the R400 has both integrated and discrete video >>> cards? Lenovo's web site doesn't seem very oriented to telling >>> potential customers details about their newer computers. >>> >>> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA >> I bought it in china , you'll had to know R400 has lots of types , >> mine is 2784a18. >> Of course you can choose to buy an energy-save laptop , which has on >> independent Video Cards , >> Just an build-in intel Video Card , it's better for power saving >> someway. >> > It's very strange that your machine should crash so early in its boot > process. I don't own any ATI hardware so I'm not entirely sure on > this, but my impression is that booting into the console should work > with just about any kind of video hardware. Does Windows actually work > with the ATI card? I'm beginning to suspect broken hardware here.. > > Bas > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Yeah , when i enable "Switchable Video Card" in BIOS , my Linux won't start X11 , fglrx driver doesn't allow me to do so , it tell me directly to disable this feature , and must turn to "Discrete Card" Mode. And if i do so , after boot menu , right after the progress bar , ( not the boot loader ) i don't know how to describe this , it just hangs at prompt when i press enter. I think it's because my ATI Video Card is kind of special , it has "Switchable Video Card" ability , some new features , even ATI official linux driver can't really handle this , and for BSD , it even don't boot. -- Best Regards, Aaron Lewis - PGP: 0xA476D2E9 irc: A4r0n on freenode
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