ATI HD 4550 xorg.conf "radeon" driver

[Jeronimo Calvo]

Hi mate!

The card is an: ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 Graphics Technology running on:# uname
-a
FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Aug 24 18:59:43 UTC 2009
iscariote@:/usr/obj/usr/src/

cheers!


sys/MYKERNEL amd64
2009/8/27 Mark Stapper <stark at mapper.nl>

> Jeronimo Calvo wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I am setting up a fresh installation of Freebsd on a EMT64 machine...
> > everything is working smooth so far, but im wondering some things about
> the
> > 3D support from my graphic card, i bought that card few weeks ago (stupid
> me
> > i didnt read about ATU support under FreeBSD before...) but btw i can not
> > step back... Im trying to get 3D aceleration for that card... noticed
> that
> > after setting up X11 xorg.conf... Driver used is "radeon", I'd been
> reading
> > about the possibility of using others... what is the best option? I
> noticed
> > that im unable to set activate the desktop affects, that makes me
> wonder...
> > that 3d is not working properly innit??
> >
> > Can somebody help me with this??
> >
> > Cheers fellas!
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> Hello,
>
> In order to help you we need some more information regarding your system
> and setup.
> First of all: which hardware are you using exactly? Most importantly the
> make and model of you graphics card.
>
> Second: which version of FreeBSD are you using? Preferably, post the
> output of the following command:
> uname -a
>
>
> Besides that I would give the redeonhd driver a go.
> I don't have much experience with these though, As i have an Nvidia card
> (amd64 support please!! :'( )
> Greetz,
> Mark
>
>