FreeBSD7/xorg/radeon: Section "Screen" totally ignored

[Stefan Ehmann]

On Saturday 10 May 2008 15:19:32 Zbigniew Baniewski wrote:
> I've got a problem while replacing NVidia GeForce4 with Radeon 9000Pro: it
> seems, that xorg totally ignores either entire `Section "Screen"'
> paragraph, or at least every single `SubSection "Display"' entry inside
> that paragaraph.
>
> As a result, I'm unable to have desired resolution at desired bpp, when
> starting X-server, it always chooses on its own. The second consequence is,
> that there's no possibility to switch resolutions using <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<+ ->
> anymore.
>
> Below a copy of my xorg.conf. I'm using the same config under Linux (got
> dual-boot install) - with just slight differences (mouse, /dev/* etc. - you
> know; nothing screen-related) - without any problems. So, it must be a bug
> in FreeBSD's port of radeon driver, most probably. Does there exist any
> workaround?
>
> Or perhaps there's missing something FreeBSD specific?

The xorg log file might reveal the source of the problem.