FreeBSD 5.4 & Xwindows

[Robert Slade]

On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 03:04, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> On 06/04/05 10:01 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed:
> > On 06/04/05 07:06 PM, Robert Slade sat at the `puter and typed:
> > > Hiya,
> > > 
> > > I've been trying to figure this out. I've tried googling for an answer
> > > but only got confused.
> > > 
> > > I have a P4 machine with an ATI Radeon 9200 with 128Mbyte of memory 
> > > built into the motherboard. I have not been able to get Xwindows to run
> > > at any greater resolution than basic VGA. All I seam to get is no driver
> > > or no screen defined.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Goggle troughs up some info but for linux. Can anybody help please.
> > 
> > You might find some useful info in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.ati
> > 
> > One notable paragraph from this doc:
> > 
> > The newer Rage 128 and Radeon chips are not yet supported by this
> > driver.  Rage 128's and Radeon's are, however, supported by separate
> > drivers, and owners of such adapters should consult the documentation
> > provided with these drivers.  This driver will also invoke the
> > appropriate driver if it finds Rage 128 and/or Radeon adapter(s) in
> > the system.
> > 
> > Good luck
> 
> BTW, as mentioned by another poster, you probably need the RADEON
> driver.  Check the manpage (RADEON(4x)) - it does mention several 9200
> models.
> 
> Lou

Lou,

Thanks,

Please see my previous post. I suspect that the card is one of the later
non supported chip sets. It looks like it uses 2 busids one for the main
card and the 2nd for the some of the memory - probably a fudge to get
the memory up to 128Meg. I this that this is confusing the RADEON
driver.

I can't afford the time to mess about with it any further time for a new
card I think.

Rob