Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:47:32 +0200 From: cpghost@cordula.ws To: Shaun Friedle <shaun@insipidity.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ati driver with Radeon 9800XT Message-ID: <20041019114732.GA2451@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <1098144148.93011.14.camel@localhost> References: <1098144148.93011.14.camel@localhost>
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 01:02:28AM +0100, Shaun Friedle wrote: > Unfortunately he seems to be encountering more problems than I suspected > he would, and now he has encountered one I am unable to solve - if he > uses the ati driver then when he types startx he gets a hard lock, the > monitor goes into standby and the machine will respond to no key > combinations. If he uses vesa everything is fine. This is on 5.3 Beta 7. > His motherboard is an MSI KT6 Delta-FIS2R. I've seen this too with xorg's radeon driver and a 7200VE, but only if the DRI module is loaded. However, it's not a true hard lock, because I can ssh to the box, kill xorg and get back to the text console. No problems with disabled dri. Cheers, cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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