XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.2.1
David O'Brien
obrien at FreeBSD.org
Thu Apr 22 08:57:32 PDT 2004
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:20:19AM -0400, Moody, Bill wrote:
> I have just purchaced a new 64bit laptop and have installed the 64bit
> version of 5.2.1 FreeBSD on it. I am having a difficult time getting the X
> server to work properly though.
What model laptop?
> The laptop has an Radeon 9600 chipset in it. This is not supported via a
> normal server as of yet. I was able to get Linux to install properly using
> the standard VESA driver and the FrameBuffer driver. These interfaces do
> not appear to be available on this distrobution.
Try the XFree86-Server-4.3.99.15_2 version in
/usr/ports/x11-servers/XFree86-4-Server-snap
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-- David (obrien at FreeBSD.org)
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