A strategic question

2006-01-28 Thread Byron Campbell
> This posting doesn't contain a technical question about FreeBSD, rather a > strategic one. > > Some time ago, I wanted to migrate to a Unix environment, because I wanted > to have a secure, stable, convenient and efficient environment for > developing and running programs, no longer having to b

PS/2 mouse problem

2006-03-12 Thread Byron Campbell
I experienced that same issue one time, and the problem was the mouse protocall chosen during X configuration. For me the problem was corrected by choosing "mouse systems" when re-running the X configuration. i.e. as root: xorgcfg -text mode Byron - WA4GEG ___

PS/2 mouse problem

2006-03-12 Thread Byron Campbell
>When X system is loaded my mouse freezes on upper-right corner and> >when i try to move it then screen blinks. >What could be wrong? Oops, correction: >I experienced that same issue one time, and the problem was the >mouse protocall chosen during X configuration. For me the problem >was corr

X fails after upgrade to xorg-7.2; FreeBSD AMD64 w/ Radeon 9600 Pro[SOLVED]

2007-07-14 Thread Byron Campbell
This is weird, but the fix for my system (thanks Albert) is to force the AGP to PCI bus by setting the appropriate (or maybe inappropriate:-) option in the Device section of my xorg.conf, i.e: Section "Device" Option           "BusType" "PCI"         Identifier         "Card0"

X fails after upgrade to xorg-7.2; FreeBSD AMD64 w/ Radeon 9600 Pro

2007-06-17 Thread Byron Campbell
Help, X was working just fine until I did a portupgrade of xorg 6.9.0 to 7.2. Looks like X is starting but my LCD monitor just goes black with the monitor's OSD reporting "video input, out of range". I've gone back through Xorg configuration (via "xorgcfg -textmode") and verified correct setti

Re: X fails after upgrade to xorg-7.2; FreeBSD AMD64 w/ Radeon 9600 Pro

2007-06-17 Thread Byron Campbell
On Sunday 17 June 2007 7:21:03 pm Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Byron Campbell wrote: > > Help, X was working just fine until I did a portupgrade > > of xorg 6.9.0 to 7.2. > > > > Looks like X is starting but my LCD monitor just goes > > black with the monitor's

Re: X fails after upgrade to xorg-7.2; FreeBSD AMD64 w/ Radeon 9600 Pro

2007-06-18 Thread Byron Campbell
On Sunday 17 June 2007 10:23:19 pm Mark Kirkwood wrote: > > AFAICS the symbol is defined in: > > /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so > > e.g: > > $ nm ati_drv.so|grep ATIMemoryTypeNames_88800CX > b5c0 D ATIMemoryTypeNames_88800CX > > What does it show on your system (I'm wondering if

Re: X fails after upgrade to xorg-7.2; FreeBSD AMD64 w/ Radeon 9600 Pro

2007-06-19 Thread Byron Campbell
On Monday 18 June 2007 7:52:55 pm Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Byron Campbell wrote: > > On Sunday 17 June 2007 10:23:19 pm Mark Kirkwood wrote: > >> AFAICS the symbol is defined in: > >> > >> /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so > >

Re: X fails after upgrade to xorg-7.2; FreeBSD AMD64 w/ Radeon 9600 Pro

2007-06-30 Thread Byron Campbell
On Wednesday 20 June 2007 12:07:49 am Andy Fawcett wrote: > > One thing that *might* make a difference could be the drm > stuff. I have it built into my kernel, you might be > (auto)loading it as modules. > > Relevant lines from my kernel config: > > device radeondrm > device drm > > Could be wor