From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 23:43:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21628106564A for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:43:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D82FA8FC1F for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:43:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (cpe-24-175-90-48.tx.res.rr.com [24.175.90.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EDFE65518; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:43:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:43:52 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: C Verboom , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4b7dda430803251135r46bb3ba0n746bc6971994db7e@mail.gmail.com> References: <4b7dda430803251135r46bb3ba0n746bc6971994db7e@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Xorg & ATi/Radeon drivers on 7.0-STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:43:52 -0000 --On March 25, 2008 7:35:51 PM +0100 C Verboom wrote: > Hi All, > > Just new here, so if this has been dealt with before, pls excuse me. > I've seen only a few posts dealing w/ ATi drivers ("ati" and "radeon") on > v7.0-STABLE and Xorg, and together with my own experience I'm inclined to > suspect there's something wrong with this combo. Or "wrong"... it may > need special attention, but I lack the knowledge to prove or find a > definitive answer, and you ppl here might. > > For a while I've been running 6.2-STABLE w/ Xorg on a Dell Latitude C610. > Worked nicely @ 1400x1050, no problems. > A few days ago I've performed a fresh install of 7.0-STABLE. The install > was done for User/X-User, nothing (cvs, ports, etc) has been added or > modified apart from network settings to be able to ssh/scp. > The problem: there's no way that I can get a decent graphics resolution > like I was used to. The only one xorg.conf setting that resulted in > stable graphics was 'Driver "vga"' and 'Mode "640x480"'. Try the new radeonhd driver. If that doesn't work, post the relevant portion of your Xorg.log file and/or dmesg. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/