Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 17:56:02 +0200 From: "Jacques Fourie" <jacques.fourie@gmail.com> To: "Robert Noland" <rnoland@2hip.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working fglrx driver on FreeBSD-7 Message-ID: <be2f52430805020856l264d875axbc35276ded9fcbd7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1209742084.16853.19.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> References: <be2f52430805010835l1524853cx9bb50d4871150e49@mail.gmail.com> <20080501120805.0fede9c2.adamk@voicenet.com> <be2f52430805010919v5279d6d9j7a1f8bdadcdb375e@mail.gmail.com> <1209661091.76802.0.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> <be2f52430805020255m1db5b646q4dc1eb8c49a8f9cc@mail.gmail.com> <20080502150503.370b8fa0@peedub.jennejohn.org> <be2f52430805020750t7f86cd9eh16b4b62730e00dd8@mail.gmail.com> <1209741542.16853.16.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> <1209742084.16853.19.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net>
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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 11:19 -0400, Robert Noland wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 16:50 +0200, Jacques Fourie wrote: > > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Gary Jennejohn > > > <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:55:03 +0200 > > > > > > > > "Jacques Fourie" <jacques.fourie@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > Ok, I'm being a little slow this morning. What sort of artifacts? Can > you show an xorg log with the radeon driver? > > robert. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What does pciconf -lv show for your hardware? > > > > > > > > > > > > robert. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the relevant output from pciconf. > > > > > > > > > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x0934103c chip=0x56531002 > > > > > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > > > > > vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' > > > > > device = 'Mobility Radeon X700' > > > > > class = display > > > > > subclass = VGA > > > > The drm drivers at least should correctly recognize this card, at least > > in -current. xf86-video-ati 6.8.0 should also properly recognize this > > chip. Are you saying that it isn't being recognized by the driver, or > > that it doesn't function properly once it is probed? > > > > robert. > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried version 6.8.0 of the radeon driver as well as 6.7.196. I also > > > > > tried various Xorg config settings such as specifying mode lines and > > > > > sync ranges but no luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know whether this helps, but the radeon man page states that the > > > > driver supports the X700, but not necessarily the mobility version. > > > > I don't know whether the M26 PCIE is the mobility version or not. > > > > > > > > Linux users seem to have lots of problems with this chip too, as revealed > > > > by a quick google search. > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Gary Jennejohn > > > > > > > > > > The X700 in my notebook is the mobility version, so I guess that's why > > > the radeon driver doesn't work for me. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > Usually When X starts I see red and white lines at the top of the display. I can start xterms and see the mouse cursor change when I move the mouse over them but nothing else. I say usually because I just booted the notebook into FreeBSD after using Windows on it and now I see remnants from my Windows session on the display. I'll put my Xorg log somewhere and post a link. Jacques
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