Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 12:58:11 -0400 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net> To: Jacques Fourie <jacques.fourie@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working fglrx driver on FreeBSD-7 Message-ID: <1209661091.76802.0.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <be2f52430805010919v5279d6d9j7a1f8bdadcdb375e@mail.gmail.com> References: <be2f52430805010835l1524853cx9bb50d4871150e49@mail.gmail.com> <20080501120805.0fede9c2.adamk@voicenet.com> <be2f52430805010919v5279d6d9j7a1f8bdadcdb375e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:19 +0200, Jacques Fourie wrote: > I tried the radeon driver but somehow couldn't get it to work. If I > start X the screen displays some strange looking artifacts :). I'll > give it another go - I'll definitely prefer running the radeon driver > if possible. What does pciconf -lv show for your hardware? robert. > Jacques > > > > The x700 is supported by the 'radeon' driver, including 3D (good > > enough to run compiz) and Xvideo. I currently use that on this > > machine. Did you try that driver? > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > On Thu, 1 May 2008 17:35:39 +0200 > > "Jacques Fourie" <jacques.fourie@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a HP/Compaq nw8240 notebook that has an ATI Mobility Radeon > > > X700 chipset. I couldn't find any X11 drivers (except vesa) that works > > > with this chipset and the previous fglrx-on-freebsd effort does not > > > have support for the later Xorg versions such as the one found in > > > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. Luckily I managed to get the latest driver for > > > Linux to work - no 3D acceleration but 2D and Xvideo works fine. I can > > > now work at 1920x1200 and use mplayer in fullscreen mode so I'm happy. > > > If anyone is interested let me know and I'll post instructions on how > > > to accomplish this. It is relatively simple - I had to create a simple > > > wrapper that allows the FreeBSD Xorg to load the Linux driver with the > > > help of libmap.conf. > > > > > > regards, > > > Jacques > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > -- > > Adam K Kirchhoff > > Digital Color Image > > 5055 Central Highway > > Pennsauken, NJ 08109 > > Phone: 856-662-5532 > > Fax: 856-662-0344 > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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