Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question
Thanks for the pointers and hints, I'm over that hurdle. On 5/19/2012 5:28 PM, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 19 May 2012, Polytropon wrote: 3. The Xorg man page notes that ctrlaltbksp should cause it to exit. However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM. Any hints on why ctrlaltbksp doesn't cause it to exit? This is also a new default to _not_ work anymore. You have more than two (if I remember correctly) options in making it work. You'll find them in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html One possibility when X has been compiled _without_ HAL support (and no hald running), placing Option DontZap false into the ServerLayout section should work. Additionally, I see that I have Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp in the InputDevice section of Keyboard0. It just works. :-) This should work whether or not HAL is installed or running. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question
On Fri, 18 May 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: Trying to set up a new box 9.0-RELEASE w/ X; has ATI Radeon HD5500 card. X.org -config says: Missing output drivers. Configuration failed. From X.org I see one is supposed to get linux drivers from ati/amd, but this info is over 2 years old and http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx only allows choices of drivers for windoze. Can anyone point me to a useable driver, or if these cards are essentially unusable, make a suggestion for a reliable card suitable for non-gaming (2-D) X work? The radeon driver wants KMS for cards later than the 4000 series. A few of the 5000 series may somewhat work with the existing UMS driver, but most do not. KMS for Intel video is being worked on and already being used, but AFAIK work has not even begun for the Radeons. Should one use an Nvidia card with the Linux 295.53 driver? A Radeon 4650 works fine with the current radeon driver. The Nvidia cards are faster with the FreeBSD version of their proprietary driver, ...but it's a proprietary driver. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question
Ok... I tried the xf86-video-radeonhd driver, to no avail. Then tried xf86-video-ati-6.14.3 with marginally better results. Using the ati driver, which reports that it works for the HD5500, Xorg hobbles and writes a config file. When it attempts to start, the log shows a boatload of information stuff, a few warnings, and finally (EE) RADEON(0): Acceleration initialization failed (II) Acceleration disabled After which I'm left with the tail of the log file on the display, but no prompt, and X is still running. That is the only EE posted. Questions: 1. Since the driver notes that Acceleration was disabled, but there are no other errors, shouldn't the driver work in dumb frame buffer mode? (Hoping to get something hobbling along...) Or is this the result of the need for KMS and I'm SOL? 2. Since the server didn't exit, is it actually pretending to run? Shouldn't I be seeing the standard X grey hatched background? Or is the server running, but the driver isn't passing bits on appropriately? 3. The Xorg man page notes that ctrlaltbksp should cause it to exit. However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM. Any hints on why ctrlaltbksp doesn't cause it to exit? On 5/19/2012 8:00 AM, Warren Block wrote: On Fri, 18 May 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: Trying to set up a new box 9.0-RELEASE w/ X; has ATI Radeon HD5500 card. X.org -config says: Missing output drivers. Configuration failed. From X.org I see one is supposed to get linux drivers from ati/amd, but this info is over 2 years old and http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx only allows choices of drivers for windoze. Can anyone point me to a useable driver, or if these cards are essentially unusable, make a suggestion for a reliable card suitable for non-gaming (2-D) X work? The radeon driver wants KMS for cards later than the 4000 series. A few of the 5000 series may somewhat work with the existing UMS driver, but most do not. KMS for Intel video is being worked on and already being used, but AFAIK work has not even begun for the Radeons. Should one use an Nvidia card with the Linux 295.53 driver? A Radeon 4650 works fine with the current radeon driver. The Nvidia cards are faster with the FreeBSD version of their proprietary driver, ...but it's a proprietary driver. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question
On Sat, 19 May 2012 11:59:03 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: 1. Since the driver notes that Acceleration was disabled, but there are no other errors, shouldn't the driver work in dumb frame buffer mode? (Hoping to get something hobbling along...) Or is this the result of the need for KMS and I'm SOL? Do you have drm/dri (direct renering) installed, port and kernel module? I've been using that with a ATI Radeon 9200 (I think, RV250, no HD) with excellent 2D and 3D results both with XFree86 and X.org - tested with excessive gaming. :-) 2. Since the server didn't exit, is it actually pretending to run? Check using ps or top. Shouldn't I be seeing the standard X grey hatched background? No. The default new background is plain black. Nothing to see. No grey pattern, no twm, nothing. And in case HAL and DBUS _or_ xorg.conf settings don't really match, you don't even see the X-shaped mouse cursor. 3. The Xorg man page notes that ctrlaltbksp should cause it to exit. However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM. Any hints on why ctrlaltbksp doesn't cause it to exit? This is also a new default to _not_ work anymore. You have more than two (if I remember correctly) options in making it work. You'll find them in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html One possibility when X has been compiled _without_ HAL support (and no hald running), placing Option DontZap false into the ServerLayout section should work. Additionally, I see that I have Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp in the InputDevice section of Keyboard0. It just works. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question
On Sat, 19 May 2012, Polytropon wrote: 3. The Xorg man page notes that ctrlaltbksp should cause it to exit. However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM. Any hints on why ctrlaltbksp doesn't cause it to exit? This is also a new default to _not_ work anymore. You have more than two (if I remember correctly) options in making it work. You'll find them in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html One possibility when X has been compiled _without_ HAL support (and no hald running), placing Option DontZap false into the ServerLayout section should work. Additionally, I see that I have Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp in the InputDevice section of Keyboard0. It just works. :-) This should work whether or not HAL is installed or running. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
