xf86-video-chips doesn't recognise supported card [amd64 bug?]

[Carlos A. M. dos Santos]

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Helge Rohde <heroh at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> This is from pciconf:
>
> vgapci1 at pci0:3:7:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00e4102c rev=0xc2
> hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Asiliant (Chips And Technologies)'
>    device     = '65554 Flat Panel/LCD CRT GUI Accelerator'
>    class      = display
>    subclass   = VGA
>
> this is the relevant part from my xorg.conf (that used to work under i386)
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "TFTGRAKA"
>    Driver      "chips"
>        Chipset "ct65554"
> EndSection
>
> However, X doesnt start up. Instead it complains in Xorg.0.log that the chips
> driver cannot find the card (not without claiming that it is supported ;) :
>
> (II) CHIPS: Driver for Chips and Technologies chipsets: ct65520, ct65525,
>        ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550,
>        ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct69030, ct64200, ct64300
> (II) Primary Device is:
> (WW) CHIPS: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:3:7:0) found
> (EE) No devices detected.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
>
> Any ideas/pointers ?

I suggest you to ensure that you have an up-to-date pciids package.
Last time I saw a problem like yours, however (i810 IIRC), the problem
was in the driver itself, not in FreeBSD. Did you ask at the X.Org
support mailing lists?

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