Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:36:23 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@c0mplx.org> To: peter stern <pstern@65north.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering from the 6.3 xorg mess Message-ID: <20080317063623.GA3180@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <20080316211253.M2398@jago.65north.com> References: <20080316211253.M2398@jago.65north.com>
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Hi! > I'd appreciate suggestions on how to get a working xorg from the mess 6.3 > shipped with. I've been using FreeBSD since 2.2 and have never had much > trouble with it until the 6 branch was released. My hardware is pretty > generic Intel brand D865 motherboard, matrox g550 video. I don't customize > the kernel. I do clean installs not upgrades. Basically, the problem is with the matrox board. Due to the very same reasons I had to upgrade my workstation (good excuse 8-) Matrox provides a mga_hal binary to support the relevant resolution and other gimmicks of that board. This binary works with xorg-6.x, but not with xorg-7.x, because there were changes in the interfaces to the low-level things. As far as I can see, there is no driver from mga for 7.x available as of now. -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 12 years to go !
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