ATI Radeon 9600xt (256MB DDR) on FreeBSD 6.2 ; Not solved?

[WizLayer]

On Monday 14 May 2007 05:22:47 am you wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Sir.
> After your advise, I have tried VESA driver too. I am
> able to get to the graphical mode. Therein, in
> graphical mode, I got three four windows , three white
> in color and were terminal screens, wherein I could
> not type any thing. And the fourth window was a clock.
>
> I am near to the target?
>
> I also tried as per instructions given in the
> handbook. By following this method too, I get same
> four widows.
>
> Regards
>
> --- WizLayer <wizlayer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 13 May 2007 09:41:02 am dharam paul wrote:
> > > Could someone please guide me to a good guide on
> > > setting up ATI Radeon 9600xt (256MB DDR) on
> >
> > FreeBSD
> >
> > > 6.2 ? I have tried the availabe drivers after
> >
> > passing
> >
> > > "xorgconfig" command but I am getting error "No
> >
> > screen
> >
> > > Found"
> > > Regards
> >
> > could be several things, Try reviewing...
> >
> > FreeBSD handbook
> > /etc/ttys
> > xorgs documents, esp their list of supported cards
> > kern_securelevel
> >
> > have you tried configuring xorg with the VESA
> > driver.  Most cards these days
> > are VESA compliant at the very least.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > WizLayer
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Life is better with a BSD.
> > For more info, www.bsd.org.
>
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What's not solved?  Did something not work?  What have you tried?  What are 
the error messages?

If what you're seeing is a graphical display with xterm windows and a clock, 
it seems to me like it's working exactly the way it's supposed to.  It just 
sounds like you didn't finish following along in chapter 5 of the handbook 
where it explains that you'll want to install a windows manager you can use.

As you'll see in the handbook (still chapter 5), the more popular options are 
KDE and Gnome,  but there are lots of others you'll find in your ports tree.  
You can learn about the ports tree in the handbook.  And you'll probably want 
a display manager too...  Yep, the handbook.

It's really very well written.  

HTH,

WizLayer


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