ATI DRIVER: xorg 7.3 + radeon X600 + dell DELL E228WFP

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Lamont Granquist wrote:

>
> With this setup I'm not getting the ATI driver to work.  I want 1680x1050, 
> but I'm stuck with the VESA driver and VESA video modes and need a little 
> help trying to configure it.  AFAIK, I've got everything upgraded (recent 
> build of the world, recent portupgrade -af) and I'm using Xorg -configure for 
> my xorg.conf.  I did the "mystical journal" to Xorg 7.2 on a previous rebuild 
> and followed /usr/ports/UPDATING and there doesn't seem to be anything 
> relevant in there which is more recent.
>
> The symptoms are that when I try to startx the monitor goes into power saving 
> mode and the keyboard becomes non-responsive (ctrl-alt-bs, ctrl-alt-f-keys, 
> alt-f-keys, ctrl-alt-del no longer respond).  The power button on the front 
> of the machines does to a successful ACPI power down so the machine isn't 
> completely locked up, just the console.

You don't have a 1680x1050 mode declared in the 24-bit Screen section. 
Before you try that, though, rename your xorg.conf to something else and 
try starting X with no xorg.conf at all.  Some things are new to 7.3, 
and it wouldn't surprise me that -configure hasn't kept up with them.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA