Is it a way to run xorg with an ati radeon x1200

Dmitry Gorbik e at recolon.ru
Mon Oct 1 08:06:45 PDT 2007


On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:43:30 +0200
Sebastien <seba.group at sinux.net> wrote:

> Le Lundi 01 octobre 2007 à 17:16 +0400, Dmitry Gorbik a écrit :
> > On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:43:21 +0200
> > Sebastien <seba.group at sinux.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to install 6.2-amd64 on a notebook. I've some difficulties
> > > with xorg-7.3 and the video card. It's an Amilo pa 2510 with an ati
> > > radeon X1200 (series?) video card and a wxga 1280x800 wild screen.
> > > 
> > > I heard that the xf86-video-radeonhd driver may support this video card,
> > > but it seems experimental and I didn't find it as port. I've find some
> > > thread saying that it's possible to compile the driver under freebsd but
> > > I haven't be able to do so.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I had the same problem actually. Didn't find yet how to solve it, except using fglrx-drivers through linux-bin-compat..
> 
> Where did you find a fglrx driver for amd64 and how did you install it ?
> I'm a bit confused now on compatibility. I've installed linux-bin-compat
> but never using it.
> 
> Did you try compiling a radeonhd driver from sources ?
> 
> If I find something I'll post it on freebsd-questions at freebsd.org and
> put you in bcc.
> 
> Thanks
> 

Please look this http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=37837 But the problem is, dri doesn't work on that card. I just changed my laptop, because it's quite annoying installing drivers and getting ati card to work...
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