Re: ATI AGP card and Xorg
Robert Storey said: Sorry John, I apologize for not reading all the to the bottom of your post. No problem; I appreciate your reply as well as any help I can get. Just mentioned that the information was already in the post so I didn't have to type it out again. ;) But please don't forget to include the poster as a CC: when you reply, if at all possible. The only other thing I'd suggest is playing with xvidtune. I had to do this to get my screen to center properly. The frustrating thing with xvidtune is that it doesn't automatically save the adjustments you make - you have to manually edit xorg.conf - but at least it makes it relatively easy to find the right settings. In my experience thus far, it seems you always need to tweak xorg.conf after its creation anyway, regardless of what tool is used to create it. Unfortunately, I've not once yet run an X-config tool and been able to use that config file as-is on any system. BTW, perhaps this is a dumb question, but in skimming the xvidtune man pages, I saw it mentioned that it's a client interface to XFree86... is this because the man page was written pre-Xorg and hasn't been updated, or will it work only with XFree86? I will say that FreeBSD really could use a better configuration utility for X, though I realize that the developers have their hands full just trying to get 5.3 out the door. Amen. IMHO, this would be a huge step toward the perception of usability for people like me who aren't afraid to get their hands a bit dirty yet aren't quite gurus. regards, Robert On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:12:48 -0400 John DeStefano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Robert... but I did try 'vesa' before posting (2nd 3rd paras from bottom of my post below). I'm sure either 'raden' or 'ati' are the way to go, I just can't seem to get either one to work. I also read through the entire README.ati, and found it a bit of a frustrating read when trying to look for answers on 'radeon' drivers for my card... not much relevent info there for the end-user. Thanks, ~John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI AGP card and Xorg
John DeStefano wrote:
Trying to take my mind off my server exploit issue...
I'm trying to configure an ATI Radeon 9000 64mb AGP video card with
Xorg on a FreeBSD5.3beta2 workstation. No matter which config option I
choose ('Xorg -configure', 'xorgcfg -textmode', xorgconfig), when I
test the generated .conf file, the screen locks up with a bunch of
colors and horizontal lines (green on top, blue everywhere else). The
mouse cursor moves, but none of the Ctrl+Alt key combos work, and I
can't escape the X session or access another virtual console. The
Device section generated from 'Xorg -configure' is:
Section Device
Identifier Card0
Driver ati
VendorName ATI Technologies Inc
BoardName Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000]
BusID PCI:3:0:0
Here's any related output I can think of from 'pciconf -lv':
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x06 card=0x chip=0x01e010de rev=0xa2
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
device = 'nForce2 AGP Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
.
.
.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x20021002 chip=0x49661002 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro'
class = display
subclass = VGA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:1: class=0x038000 card=0x20031002 chip=0x496e1002
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro - Secondary'
class = display
I thought it might be an AGP/kernel issue, but when I try 'kldload
agp' I get back File exists, and when I do 'kldstat -n agp' or
'kldunload' I get No such file.
I tried someone else's bare-bones radeon conf file, and I got the
same problem as always on test: blue/green garbled screen, mouse
moves, can't escape out of locked-up X. I then replaced the radeon
Driver entry with vesa in the config. When I tested this, it showed
a different garbled screen (grey this time) for a few seconds, then
clicked to a normal X-Windows screen, but with a black hourglass
outline on the sides. I was able to Ctl+Alt+Backspace out of this as
normal, and the console didn't report any warnings or errors.
I then moved this config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and ran 'startx'.
It started fine and looked as described above, with an hourglass
outline. When I exited X, there were some errors on the console that
were probably just from exiting out of X, and this one:
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name my.hostname.com:0 in remove command
Any ideas on how to get this card working properly? BTW: I began
using FreeBSD5.3beta2 on this machine for its NDIS support for my
onboard NIC.
Thanks,
~John
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I know your pain so well! I have a r200 on a nforce2 board. I have the
same problems as you.
1.It looks as if your pci id is wrong. I might be wrong, but I see
3:0:1 and 3:0:0. You should not use the BusID option if you can avoid
it. There is a free pci scan with every startx! The point of the scan
is not having to set the id.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x7149174b chip=0x514c1002 rev=0x00
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'R200 Radeon 8500 / 8500LE'
class= display
subclass = VGA
You see here on mine I am getting a driver attached to my card. The
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:1 means there is no driver attacked, or at least drm is
not working.
2.You must preload agp. The handbook clearly states you have to have
agp in the kernel or preloaded. You should not kldload or kldunload agp.
hw.ata.atapi_dma=1
agp.ko_load=YES
snd_ich.ko_load=YES
radeon.ko_load=YES
This is just a sample of my /boot/loader.conf file. You see I have the
radeon and agp drivers preloaded.
3.The current version of dri in the kernel is outdated and does not have
accellerated drivers that work. I think they will be updated after the
release of 5.3 when the new xorg sever is put into ports. You can use
dri without x, but no one does. Dri is its own project and a part of x,
but in FreeBSD dri is part of the base system since it has drivers(I
think this is why). So this means no loading dri modules in the
xorg.conf file, and no hardware accellerated 3d for you until the
update. Before you mention it, I do know you have the RV280 and not the
R200 like me. The RV280 is a modifed R200 and does use the same driver.
I also noticed you have 2 radeons in the pciscan. I have a tripple head
8500(svideo, vga, dvi) and I only have 1 radeon show up. Do you have 2
cards(it looks like 1 card, could this be a dual head side effect? could
I get a dmesg on this)? What settings have you changed to get this to
happen or is it deafult?
Finally, if you do all I said you should have a working x and system.
Right now I can get 25-30 fps in glxgears fullscreen. When the new
drivers are here that number should be more like 2500-3000(or was there
another zero?). If you need any
ATI AGP card and Xorg
Trying to take my mind off my server exploit issue...
I'm trying to configure an ATI Radeon 9000 64mb AGP video card with
Xorg on a FreeBSD5.3beta2 workstation. No matter which config option I
choose ('Xorg -configure', 'xorgcfg -textmode', xorgconfig), when I
test the generated .conf file, the screen locks up with a bunch of
colors and horizontal lines (green on top, blue everywhere else). The
mouse cursor moves, but none of the Ctrl+Alt key combos work, and I
can't escape the X session or access another virtual console. The
Device section generated from 'Xorg -configure' is:
Section Device
Identifier Card0
Driver ati
VendorName ATI Technologies Inc
BoardName Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000]
BusID PCI:3:0:0
Here's any related output I can think of from 'pciconf -lv':
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x06 card=0x chip=0x01e010de rev=0xa2
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
device = 'nForce2 AGP Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
.
.
.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x20021002 chip=0x49661002 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro'
class = display
subclass = VGA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:1: class=0x038000 card=0x20031002 chip=0x496e1002
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro - Secondary'
class = display
I thought it might be an AGP/kernel issue, but when I try 'kldload
agp' I get back File exists, and when I do 'kldstat -n agp' or
'kldunload' I get No such file.
I tried someone else's bare-bones radeon conf file, and I got the
same problem as always on test: blue/green garbled screen, mouse
moves, can't escape out of locked-up X. I then replaced the radeon
Driver entry with vesa in the config. When I tested this, it showed
a different garbled screen (grey this time) for a few seconds, then
clicked to a normal X-Windows screen, but with a black hourglass
outline on the sides. I was able to Ctl+Alt+Backspace out of this as
normal, and the console didn't report any warnings or errors.
I then moved this config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and ran 'startx'.
It started fine and looked as described above, with an hourglass
outline. When I exited X, there were some errors on the console that
were probably just from exiting out of X, and this one:
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name my.hostname.com:0 in remove command
Any ideas on how to get this card working properly? BTW: I began
using FreeBSD5.3beta2 on this machine for its NDIS support for my
onboard NIC.
Thanks,
~John
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Re: ATI AGP card and Xorg
One thing you could try is editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and substituting
vesa for ati. It's not an ideal solution, but the vesa driver often
works when nothing else will. You might want to take a look at
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.ati, and list all video drivers in
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/.
regards,
Robert
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:10:44 -0400
John DeStefano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trying to take my mind off my server exploit issue...
I'm trying to configure an ATI Radeon 9000 64mb AGP video card with
Xorg on a FreeBSD5.3beta2 workstation. No matter which config option I
choose ('Xorg -configure', 'xorgcfg -textmode', xorgconfig), when I
test the generated .conf file, the screen locks up with a bunch of
colors and horizontal lines (green on top, blue everywhere else). The
mouse cursor moves, but none of the Ctrl+Alt key combos work, and I
can't escape the X session or access another virtual console. The
Device section generated from 'Xorg -configure' is:
Section Device
Identifier Card0
Driver ati
VendorName ATI Technologies Inc
BoardName Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000]
BusID PCI:3:0:0
Here's any related output I can think of from 'pciconf -lv':
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x06 card=0x chip=0x01e010de rev=0xa2
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
device = 'nForce2 AGP Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
.
.
.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x20021002 chip=0x49661002
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro'
class = display
subclass = VGA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:1: class=0x038000 card=0x20031002 chip=0x496e1002
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro - Secondary'
class = display
I thought it might be an AGP/kernel issue, but when I try 'kldload
agp' I get back File exists, and when I do 'kldstat -n agp' or
'kldunload' I get No such file.
I tried someone else's bare-bones radeon conf file, and I got the
same problem as always on test: blue/green garbled screen, mouse
moves, can't escape out of locked-up X. I then replaced the radeon
Driver entry with vesa in the config. When I tested this, it showed
a different garbled screen (grey this time) for a few seconds, then
clicked to a normal X-Windows screen, but with a black hourglass
outline on the sides. I was able to Ctl+Alt+Backspace out of this as
normal, and the console didn't report any warnings or errors.
I then moved this config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and ran 'startx'.
It started fine and looked as described above, with an hourglass
outline. When I exited X, there were some errors on the console that
were probably just from exiting out of X, and this one:
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name my.hostname.com:0 in remove
command
Any ideas on how to get this card working properly? BTW: I began
using FreeBSD5.3beta2 on this machine for its NDIS support for my
onboard NIC.
Thanks,
~John
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Re: ATI AGP card and Xorg
Robert Storey wrote:
One thing you could try is editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and substituting
vesa for ati. It's not an ideal solution, but the vesa driver often
works when nothing else will. You might want to take a look at
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.ati, and list all video drivers in
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/.
regards,
Robert
Thanks Robert... but I did try 'vesa' before posting (2nd 3rd paras
from bottom of my post below). I'm sure either 'raden' or 'ati' are
the way to go, I just can't seem to get either one to work. I also
read through the entire README.ati, and found it a bit of a
frustrating read when trying to look for answers on 'radeon' drivers
for my card... not much relevent info there for the end-user.
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:10:44 -0400
John DeStefano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trying to take my mind off my server exploit issue...
I'm trying to configure an ATI Radeon 9000 64mb AGP video card with
Xorg on a FreeBSD5.3beta2 workstation. No matter which config option I
choose ('Xorg -configure', 'xorgcfg -textmode', xorgconfig), when I
test the generated .conf file, the screen locks up with a bunch of
colors and horizontal lines (green on top, blue everywhere else). The
mouse cursor moves, but none of the Ctrl+Alt key combos work, and I
can't escape the X session or access another virtual console. The
Device section generated from 'Xorg -configure' is:
Section Device
Identifier Card0
Driver ati
VendorName ATI Technologies Inc
BoardName Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000]
BusID PCI:3:0:0
Here's any related output I can think of from 'pciconf -lv':
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x06 card=0x chip=0x01e010de rev=0xa2
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
device = 'nForce2 AGP Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
.
.
.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x20021002 chip=0x49661002
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro'
class = display
subclass = VGA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:1: class=0x038000 card=0x20031002 chip=0x496e1002
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.'
device = 'RV250 Radeon 9000/9000 Pro - Secondary'
class = display
I thought it might be an AGP/kernel issue, but when I try 'kldload
agp' I get back File exists, and when I do 'kldstat -n agp' or
'kldunload' I get No such file.
I tried someone else's bare-bones radeon conf file, and I got the
same problem as always on test: blue/green garbled screen, mouse
moves, can't escape out of locked-up X. I then replaced the radeon
Driver entry with vesa in the config. When I tested this, it showed
a different garbled screen (grey this time) for a few seconds, then
clicked to a normal X-Windows screen, but with a black hourglass
outline on the sides. I was able to Ctl+Alt+Backspace out of this as
normal, and the console didn't report any warnings or errors.
I then moved this config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and ran 'startx'.
It started fine and looked as described above, with an hourglass
outline. When I exited X, there were some errors on the console that
were probably just from exiting out of X, and this one:
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name my.hostname.com:0 in remove
command
Any ideas on how to get this card working properly? BTW: I began
using FreeBSD5.3beta2 on this machine for its NDIS support for my
onboard NIC.
Thanks,
~John
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Thanks,
~John
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Re: ATI AGP card and Xorg
Sorry John, I apologize for not reading all the to the bottom of your post. The only other thing I'd suggest is playing with xvidtune. I had to do this to get my screen to center properly. The frustrating thing with xvidtune is that it doesn't automatically save the adjustments you make - you have to manually edit xorg.conf - but at least it makes it relatively easy to find the right settings. I will say that FreeBSD really could use a better configuration utility for X, though I realize that the developers have their hands full just trying to get 5.3 out the door. regards, Robert On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:12:48 -0400 John DeStefano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Robert... but I did try 'vesa' before posting (2nd 3rd paras from bottom of my post below). I'm sure either 'raden' or 'ati' are the way to go, I just can't seem to get either one to work. I also read through the entire README.ati, and found it a bit of a frustrating read when trying to look for answers on 'radeon' drivers for my card... not much relevent info there for the end-user. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
