Hello - requesting update to ports version of ati radeon drivers

[Mathew Keith]

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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Mathew Keith <rommy at appus.org> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I'd like to open with a thank you for your hard work =)
>
> I've been using Freebsd with an ATI HD 4350 videocard and am having some
> issues with the HDMI output that are difficult to describe. In essence the
> screen resolution says it is 1360x768 but the screen elements themselves are
> much, much larger. The output is normal over vga (albeit, about an inch or
> two too far to the right.)
> See <a href="
> http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/rommyappus/?action=view&current=IMG_20100825_221107.jpg">HDMI</a>
> and <a href="
> http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/rommyappus/?action=view&current=IMG_20100825_220329.jpg
> ">VGA</a>
>
> I've  been working with the folks in #radeon on irc.freenode.net and they
> suggested I try a newer revision of the driver from the 13.x series.
> Presently ports has a 12.4 version. I don't know of any way of manually
> compiling them or otherwise getting a newer version so if you have some
> advice on this matter I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> For documentation I have some attachments which may assist you. I have
> linked some pictures showing my tv both with VGA output and HDMI. The
> difference is quite obvious.
>
> An updated ati driver might also prove effective in getting audio over HDMI
> to work as well for this card.
>
> Thank you for your help
>
>