Thinkpad T42

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Understudy wrote:

> In regards to the T42 -2373. What should I change in the xorg.conf to comply 
> with this note from the UPDATING file?
>
> 20080627:
> AFFECTS: users of x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati
> AUTHOR: Jung-uk Kim <jkim at FreeBSD.org>
>
> mach64 and r128 drivers are now separated out from the ati driver.
> These video cards are supported by x11-drivers/xf86-video-mach64
> and x11-drivers/xf86-video-r128 respectively. If you have one of
> the affected video cards and xorg.conf contains the following line:
>
>       Driver  "ati"
>
> you must specify "mach64" or "r128". Alternatively, you may install
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati to get a wrapper driver.

The UPDATING entry is confusing.

ati used to autoload one of the radeon, r128, or mach64 drivers.  It 
doesn't any more.  At this point, ati looks to just be a synonym for 
radeon.  At least in the xorg.conf on my 2373 T42, either Driver "ati" 
or Driver "radeon" works.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA