Re: ATi and Xorg Troubles in FreeBSD 5.3

2005-01-19 Thread Ronny Fischer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Doug A short update ;-) I have uninstalled Xorg an installed XF86 from the FreeBSD ports (was quite tricky because the XF86 ports are not on the official freebsd server's) But, All in all the same situation at the first start with XF86,

Re: ATi and Xorg Troubles in FreeBSD 5.3

2005-01-11 Thread doug
As to good ideas Ronnie, I do not think so, but here are some things you may not have tried: Since you found me you probably have already gone the Google route but if you have not try your exact configuration. Try the FreeBSD mobile and hardware lists. Freshports may help with Xorg as well as

Re: ATi and Xorg Troubles in FreeBSD 5.3

2005-01-09 Thread Ronny Fischer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi there I have updatet to xorg-server-6.8.1_1 X.Org X server and related programs via FreeBSD Ports.. ..but it is still not possible to get more the 8 bit color on the sony c1ve. the vesa driver is fine in 640x480 but it is not possible to have

Re: ATi and Xorg Troubles in FreeBSD 5.3

2005-01-08 Thread doug
Thanks Joe I will try to upgrade. My experience was the same, in that the problem tracked X (both projects) across several levels of 4.x and 5.x. The vesa drive works okay, but I miss the larger screen and better font rendering. On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Joe Altman wrote: Doug, Ronny... I'm

Re: ATi and Xorg Troubles in FreeBSD 5.3

2005-01-08 Thread Ronny Fischer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Doug, hi Joe Thanx a lot for your answer's ;.-) The problem on my Laptop is that strange resolution of 1024x480 which is not proper working with the vesa driver. I will also try to upgarde my Xorg and report to you if it is working or not.

Re: ATi and Xorg Troubles in FreeBSD 5.3

2005-01-07 Thread Joe Altman
Doug, Ronny... I'm running 4.11 with xorg 6.8.1, built from source on December 28, 2004 using a Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x on an IBM ThinkPad A20m. I have a default depth of 24 bits, and a resolution of 1024x768. I am using the ati driver. Ronny: I see that the query is for 5.3, but I thought that

Re: ATi and Xorg Troubles in FreeBSD 5.3

2005-01-06 Thread doug
No magic and little more than the first sentence said: FYI - there is a work around for this. The vesa driver works okay. I just ran xorgconfig and added Mode and DefaultDepth statements. The driver seems kind of funky in that the screen is scrambled for a second or so and then seems