Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 21:00:08 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question Message-ID: <20120519210008.f1721985.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4FB7DF67.1000603@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FB730B7.60009@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205190753560.30455@wonkity.com> <4FB7DF67.1000603@dreamchaser.org>
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On Sat, 19 May 2012 11:59:03 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > 1. Since the driver notes that Acceleration was disabled, but there are > no other errors, shouldn't the driver work in dumb frame buffer mode? > (Hoping to get something hobbling along...) Or is this the result of > the need for KMS and I'm SOL? Do you have drm/dri (direct renering) installed, port and kernel module? I've been using that with a ATI Radeon 9200 (I think, RV250, no HD) with excellent 2D and 3D results both with XFree86 and X.org - tested with excessive gaming. :-) > 2. Since the server didn't exit, is it actually pretending to run? Check using ps or top. > Shouldn't I be seeing the standard X grey hatched background? No. The default new background is plain black. Nothing to see. No grey pattern, no twm, nothing. And in case HAL and DBUS _or_ xorg.conf settings don't really match, you don't even see the X-shaped mouse cursor. > 3. The Xorg man page notes that <ctrl><alt><bksp> should cause it to > exit. However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM. Any hints on > why <ctrl><alt><bksp> doesn't cause it to exit? This is also a new default to _not_ work anymore. You have more than two (if I remember correctly) options in making it work. You'll find them in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html One possibility when X has been compiled _without_ HAL support (and no hald running), placing Option "DontZap" "false" into the "ServerLayout" section should work. Additionally, I see that I have Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" in the "InputDevice" section of "Keyboard0". It "just" works. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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