Radeon VE won't work with XFree4.3.0.1

[Adam Maas]

----- Original Message -----
From: "nobody nobody" <freebsd_stable at hotmail.com>
To: <mykroft at explosive.mail.net>; <david at catwhisker.org>
Cc: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>; <freebsd_stable at hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Radeon VE won't work with XFree4.3.0.1


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> >From: "Adam Maas" <mykroft at explosive.mail.net>
> >To: "nobody nobody" <freebsd_stable at hotmail.com>,<david at catwhisker.org>
> >CC: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>,<freebsd_stable at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: Radeon VE won't work with XFree4.3.0.1
> >Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 13:03:02 -0400
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> >Your problem's not the Radeon, but the display, from the config that's
been
> >generated. The Radeon's configured OK, the display has no modes.
> >
> >Any chance on getting the error that X gives you when you start?
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> >Adam
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> Ok. I would like to clarify some points for my case.  The video card of my
> system is Radeon VE with TV-out.  First of all I would like to know if it
is
> supported under 5.1 beta2. I don't need the tv-out option at the moment.
> Secondly,  I didn't have any chance to specify anything (such as modes
...)
> since I run xf86cfg and then was kicked by the system.  That is what I did
> so far.  Any idea to get off the problem.
> Thanks.
>
> Clarence
>
Support for Video Cards is from X, rather than from FreeBSD, and the Radeon
VE is certainly supported, since I used to run a Radeon VE Dual Display
Edition 32MB (VGA+DVI+TV out) under XFree86 4.1 before I got my 8500.

What kind of Monitor do you have plugged in, and what port are you using?

Adam