freebsd-newbies Digest, Vol 65, Issue 3

[Grzegorz Czaplinski]

> Hi:
> 
> I'm just getting my feet wet with FBSD...trying to install 4.10 stable.
> During install, when it comes to selecting the video card, I don't see any
> options for "ATI" in the list. I ended up trying to use the plain vanilla
> vga, and when xfree86 tried to load the video was scrambled.
> 
> Is there any way to "back out" of xfree86 at that point so I can run the
> config again from the command line?
> 
> TIA, Andrew

Try to use XFree86-4-Server-snap from the ports collection.
It should have a support for ATI driver.

Cheers,
	gregory


> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joshua Lewis" <jmlewis at dslextreme.com>
> To: <rpfromuk187 at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: freebsd-newbies Digest, Vol 65, Issue 3
> 
> 
> > >    Hello FreeBSD.org,
> > >
> > >    My name is Sergey Belyankin, I am new to FreeBSD and UNIX in general.
> > >    I need your help in configuring my video card, at the time of
> > >    installation I didn't see my card in the list of video cards, so I
> > >    skipped that step.  Now when I log in and type in startx, the screen
> > >    turns off.  I am assuming there is a file somewhere that hold the
> > >    config for the video card, would you be able to tell me what file it
> > >    is and what I would need to put in there in order to make my
> > Radeonrecommend
> > >    9600XT work properly?
> > >    Thank you,
> > >    Sergey.
> > until
> >
> > Your video card should be supported by the ati driver. You can check:video
> >
> > man ati
> >
> > to be certain.
> >
> > I have only ever configured my X sessions using the /stand/sysinstall
> > utility. I would recomend you use it as it sets other aspects above and
> > beyond your video card. As a new user you will would feel more comfortable
> > there. Run the sysinstall and go down to the "configuration" menu. Then
> > you can configure X.
> >
> > I don't want to yell but DO NOT USE THE GUI TOOL.
> >
> > I have had nothing but problems with that tool. Ever since 4.2 (this was
> > the first of many times I tried to use FreeBSD). After trying literally
> > for years (I would try and fail get distracted move to another project
> > then when I had time come back) untill I found the text based config tool.
> > It functions much like sysinstall but is way easier then the GUI.
> >
> > When you are configuring your card in the Text setup window just skip the
> > vedeo card database and go strait to the ati driver. It is at the bottom
> > of the list of drivers that FreeBSD has.
> >
> > I would go though the whole setup don't skip anything. Good luck!
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Joshua Lewis
> >
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