>> In order to get applications like mplayer to work properly, I need to
>> compile an ATI Radeon 4200 driver from x.org.
>This is what I use
>sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11R6 \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--mandir=/usr/X11R6/man \
--with-xorg-module-dir=/usr/X11R6/lib/modules \
--disable-kms
>make
>sudo make install
>Works with 6.14.2....
>Regards
>Nigel Taylor
Hi misc,
I have a laptop with ATI chipset (from dmesg):
vga1 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
radeondrm0 at vga1: apic 4 int 18
drm0 at radeondrm0
azalia0 at pci1 dev 5 function 1 "ATI Radeon HD 4200 HD Audio" rev 0x00: msi
azalia0: no supported codecs
From reading this thread I am led to believe that my graphics
performance will be better if I compile & install the xf86 driver.
However, I could not find any info on the openbsd site or mailing list
on how to do this, except for radeon(4) man page, and this posting (for
a different radeon card):
http://www.mail-archive.com/misc@openbsd.org/msg79746.html
1) Do the lines above in the dmesg indicate this driver is already
installed on my system? If so, is compiling a new driver likely to
result in, for example, less frame dropping in mplayer fullscreen mode?
2) Is this where I should get the code from?:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati
3) Once compiled (using the configure options at the top of this email),
is there some other configuration changes I need to make to the system,
so this driver will load when I boot computer or startx?
4) Is there any sites that I missed where this is already explained?
Thanks,
Brett.
