Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 19:41:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Sprickman <spork@fasttrackmonkey.com> To: "Gerald A. Speak" <gaspeak@va.prestige.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XFree86 4.2.0 + ATI problems Message-ID: <Pine.OSX.4.44.0205121941070.3779-100000@254.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> In-Reply-To: <200205121532.14229.gaspeak@va.prestige.net>
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That did it! The display is still quite clunky, but maybe that's to be expected... CS On Sun, 12 May 2002, Gerald A. Speak wrote: > On Thursday 09 May 2002 06:49 pm, Spork wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I took my first stab on a new workstation with XFree86 4.2.0 out of the > > ports collection. This is FreeBSD 4.6-Prerelease via cvsup. Video card > > is an ATI "WinPro", which the X server calls a generic Mach64. > > > > My past experiences with X were early 4.x versions and 3.x versions, where > > you had to build your own config file with the included xf86config > > utility. I noticed on this version that the config util is built in to > > the server and it generates it's own very very brief config, with most > > values probed at runtime. > > > > X currently sees this as a Mach64 card and uses the ATI driver, not the > > generic VGA driver. It does work, with a few bad quirks: > > > > -redraw is very very slow. move a window and it trails > > -by default it goes to the max resolution of the monitor (the next step > > beyond 1280x1024) > > -setting the "virtual" line in each color depth subsection to my preferred > > 1024x768 causes the server to go to 256 color mode > > -if I comment out the lower color depths with the virtual screen setting, > > leaving 16bpp and 24bpp, the server will not start > > > > Any ideas? This thing seems to have changed quite a bit since I last > > played with it. I've had the same card working as desired in older revs > > of XFree. > > Try adding: > > DefaultDepth 24 > > To your Screens seciton of your XF86Config > > > > > I simply want to force it to go 16 or 24bpp @1024x768 or 1280x1024. It > > really wants to go a step higher and gets upset when I crank the > > resolution down. > > > > Any ideas? I've poked around the docs on xfree86.org, but I'm not finding > > a good general setup guide. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charles > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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