ATI on FreeBSD! FireGL Linux Driver Port (New Version)
Eric Anderson
anderson at centtech.com
Fri Jan 20 09:11:52 PST 2006
Eric Anderson wrote:
> Chris Gilbert wrote:
>> It's ready!
>>
>> The new version works both standalone as before, and from a FreeBSD
>> port.
>>
>> This is my first time making a port, and I've double checked it and
>> run portlint, but I have probably overlooked something!
>>
>> Please have a good look at it and tell me if I've done something
>> stupid :)
>>
>> You can grab the port here:
>>
>> http://www.neovanglist.net/~Neovanglist/ATI/ati-driver.tar.gz
>>
>> It should be extracted to /usr/ports/x11
>>
>> It should fetch the distfile from my server... but in case you want
>> to install it the old fashioned way, here is the link:
>>
>> http://www.neovanglist.net/~Neovanglist/ATI/FreeBSD-fglrx_6_8_0-8.20.8-2-ALPHA.i386.tar.bz2
>>
>>
>> Changes since the last version:
>> * It now installs the glATI.h file.
>> * The panel was installing all kinds of strange things.. and not
>> being very port friendly. It's still bad but it's much better now.
>> (And accounted for in pkg-plist)
>> * All of the Linux documentation and the README file is installed to
>> /usr/X11R6/share/doc/fglrx
>> * Working FreeBSD "port"! (As in for the ports system)
>> * README file updated with some worthwhile content including a
>> compatibility list.
>>
>> In regards to AMD64 support, this is an i386 build and I wouldn't
>> expect it to work on AMD64 :)
>>
>> However, getting an AMD64 version going should be fairly trivial, but
>> I do not have the hardware to test it.
>>
>> Tomorrow I can put together and AMD64 package and add support for it
>> to the FreeBSD port. If you can test/verify that it works I would be
>> thrilled!
>
> I've just downloaded/built/installed using the port. Using the new
> fglrx driver in my xorg.conf causes x not to start. I've attached the
> Xorg.0.log and my xorg.conf file. (This is on a Dell D810 laptop,
> with an X600, using xorg-server-snap).
>
> Eric
I guess it didn't like my Xorg.0.log, so I've posted it here:
http://www.googlebit.com/freebsd/Xorg.0.log
Eric
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