ATI HD 4550 xorg.conf "radeon" driver

[Mark Stapper]

Jeronimo Calvo wrote:
> Thanks for the advice!! I will enjoy it for sure!! BTW i ordered both
> printer handbooks from FREEBSD Mall! to keep reading when goinn to the
> toilet! hahahah
>
> I tought that my version was already stable... when i downloaded...
> 7.2-RELEASE is the same as 7.2-CURRENT then??
>
> Will be better to upgrade to v 8 or downgroaded to 7.0-STABLE?
>
> Thanks!
Well, of course 7.2-RELEASE runs stable, but it's not the "STABLE" branch.
CURRENT is now FreeBSD 8.
FreeBSD 8 is now in the last Beta stage, and will be ready to be
released soon.
So I'd update to FreeBSD 8 by updating world and using " tag=RELENG_8"
(see /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile for more info)
basically you'd copy this file to you root's home dir, and find
"tag=RELENG_7" (which indicates you would track the 7-STABLE branch) and
replace it with "tag=RELENG_8".
Now follow the handbook to install and configure your kernel and update
and install world.
If you complete this step successfully, you'll have learned a lot about
FreeBSD :-)
You should recompile/update your ports afterwards too.
Don't forget to tweake /etc/make.conf (check out
/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf for guidance)
Greetz,
Mark
>
> 2009/8/27 Mark Stapper <stark at mapper.nl <mailto:stark at mapper.nl>>
>
>     Jeronimo Calvo wrote:
>     > Hi mate!
>     >
>     >
>     >   The card is an: ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 Graphics Technology
>     running on:
>     >
>     > # uname -a
>     > FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Aug 24 18:59:43 UTC
>     > 2009 iscariote@:/usr/obj/usr/src/
>     >
>     > cheers!
>     >
>     >
>     > sys/MYKERNEL amd64
>     >
>     >
>     First of, I's update to either 7.x stable or 8.0.
>     Check the handbook on how to update your kernel/world
>     http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/makeworld.html
>     Then get the radeonhd, which has 3d support for RV7xx chips (Your GPU
>     should have a RV710)
>     http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd
>     To test opengl accell use glxgears located in graphics/mesa-demos.
>     Have fun with it :-)
>     Greetz,
>     Mark
>     > 2009/8/27 Mark Stapper <stark at mapper.nl <mailto:stark at mapper.nl>
>     <mailto:stark at mapper.nl <mailto:stark at mapper.nl>>>
>     >
>     >     Jeronimo Calvo wrote:
>     >     > Hi folks,
>     >     >
>     >     > I am setting up a fresh installation of Freebsd on a EMT64
>     >     machine...
>     >     > everything is working smooth so far, but im wondering some
>     >     things about the
>     >     > 3D support from my graphic card, i bought that card few weeks
>     >     ago (stupid me
>     >     > i didnt read about ATU support under FreeBSD before...)
>     but btw
>     >     i can not
>     >     > step back... Im trying to get 3D aceleration for that card...
>     >     noticed that
>     >     > after setting up X11 xorg.conf... Driver used is "radeon", I'd
>     >     been reading
>     >     > about the possibility of using others... what is the best
>     >     option? I noticed
>     >     > that im unable to set activate the desktop affects, that makes
>     >     me wonder...
>     >     > that 3d is not working properly innit??
>     >     >
>     >     > Can somebody help me with this??
>     >     >
>     >     > Cheers fellas!
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>     >     >
>     >     Hello,
>     >
>     >     In order to help you we need some more information regarding
>     your
>     >     system
>     >     and setup.
>     >     First of all: which hardware are you using exactly? Most
>     >     importantly the
>     >     make and model of you graphics card.
>     >
>     >     Second: which version of FreeBSD are you using? Preferably,
>     post the
>     >     output of the following command:
>     >     uname -a
>     >
>     >
>     >     Besides that I would give the redeonhd driver a go.
>     >     I don't have much experience with these though, As i have an
>     >     Nvidia card
>     >     (amd64 support please!! :'( )
>     >     Greetz,
>     >     Mark
>     >
>     >
>
>
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