Newbie Graphic card question

[Gafgo]

Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:23:31 +0100
>Gafgo <nicolas.gafgo at bredband.net> wrote:
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>>Hello. I am trying to install v 5.2 on my new computer. I have done 
>>succesful installations on my old computer where everything worked 
>>perfect. My problem now is that I can´t find my graphic card when I am 
>>conf Xfree86. I have a Asus (ATI) Radeon 9200 SE. When I try to start X 
>>it doesn´t work, even if I try vga generic and other settings. Is it so 
>>bad that I have to buy a new card or is there other sollutions?? I have 
>>looked at Xfree86.org driver section and my card isn´t mentioned even in 
>>their latest release.
>>Hope that someone has an answer that will be cheaper than buying a new card.
>>Many thanks Nicolas
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>http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status6.html#6
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>Bellow it's my X config; I'm using a Radeon 9000. The thing you are
>after is: Driver "ati" in the Device section; or radeon might work.
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
>        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>        Load  "dbe"
>#       Load  "dri"
>        Load  "extmod"
>        Load  "glx"
>        Load  "record"
>        Load  "xtrap"
>        Load  "speedo"
>        Load  "type1"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>        Driver      "keyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>        Driver      "mouse"
>        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>#       Option      "Buttons" ""
>#       Option      "XAxisMapping" "4 5"
>#       Option      "YAxisMapping" "8 9"
>        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>
>        #DisplaySize      300   230     # mm
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "NOK"
>        ModelName    "Nokia 447Za"
>        ModeLine     "1152x864 at 75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
>        ModeLine     "1024x768 at 75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
>        ModeLine     "800x600 at 75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
>        Option      "DPMS"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>
>        ### Available Driver options are:-
>        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>        ### [arg]: arg optional
>        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "ForcePCIMode"              # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "CPPIOMode"                 # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"             # <i>
>        #Option     "AGPMode"                   # <i>
>        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"              # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "AGPSize"                   # <i>
>        #Option     "RingSize"                  # <i>
>        #Option     "BufferSize"                # <i>
>        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"          # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"            # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"              # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "PanelOff"                  # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DDCMode"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "CloneDisplay"              # <i>
>        #Option     "CloneMode"                 # [<str>]
>        #Option     "CloneHSync"                # [<str>]
>        #Option     "CloneVRefresh"             # [<str>]
>        #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
>        Identifier  "Card0"
>        Driver      "ati"
>        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>        BoardName   "Radeon R250 If [Radeon 9000]"
>        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Card0"
>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>        DefaultDepth    24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     1
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     4
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     8
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     15
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     16
>        EndSubSection
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth     24
>                Modes "1152x864"
>        EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
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Thank u. I hope that´s it but I am not sure because of the Xfree86 man 
Drivers:


    Supported Hardware <cid:part1.05020704.04030400 at bredband.net>

The *radeon* driver supports PCI and AGP video cards based on the 
following ATI chips

*R100*
    Radeon 7200 
*RV100*
    Radeon 7000(VE), M6 
*RV200*
    Radeon 7500, M7 
*R200*
    Radeon 8500, 9100, FireGL 8800/8700 
*RV250*
    Radeon 9000, M9 
*R300*
    Radeon 9700PRO/9700/9500PRO/9500, FireGL X1/Z1


    Unfortunately it doesn´t mention 9200........
    Is there a list of cards that FreeBSD supports????
    I can´t find it in the hardware support pages.

    Thanks again!!