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X support on HP Eiltebook laptop
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Jin Guojun
2012-03-29 22:01:49 UTC
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I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on this
machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine.

Has anyone installed any version of FreeBSD on this laptop with X running?

-Jin
Zhihao Yuan
2012-03-29 22:11:47 UTC
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Post by Jin Guojun
I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on this
machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine.
Has anyone installed any version of FreeBSD on this laptop with X running?
I have a Elitebook 8540w, with Nvidia card. +nvidia-drivers, run
nvidia-xsettings, startx.
Post by Jin Guojun
-Jin
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Erich Dollansky
2012-03-30 02:01:11 UTC
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Hi,
Post by Jin Guojun
I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on this
machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine.
I never use X-configure but copy xorg.conf from a machine with a running configuration and change the settings to fit the different hardware.

Erich
Jin Guojun
2012-03-30 04:55:39 UTC
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Unfortunately, X and startx will crash too if X -configure crashes :-)




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From: Erich Dollansky <***@ovitrap.com>
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Cc: Jin Guojun <***@sbcglobal.net>; ***@freebsd.org; ***@freebsd.org
Sent: Thu, March 29, 2012 6:50:33 PM
Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop

Hi,
Post by Jin Guojun
I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on this
machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine.
I never use X-configure but copy xorg.conf from a machine with a running
configuration and change the settings to fit the different hardware.

Erich
Erich Dollansky
2012-03-30 05:14:04 UTC
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Hi,
Post by Jin Guojun
Unfortunately, X and startx will crash too if X -configure crashes :-)
is this a new feature?

Isn't xorg.conf processed at all anymore? I am under the impression that X stops probing when the configuration in xorg.conf works.

Of course, I did not give X the drivers for probing for hardware which is not in the box.

Erich
Post by Jin Guojun
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Sent: Thu, March 29, 2012 6:50:33 PM
Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop
Hi,
Post by Jin Guojun
I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on this
machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine.
I never use X-configure but copy xorg.conf from a machine with a running
configuration and change the settings to fit the different hardware.
Erich
Jin Guojun
2012-03-30 23:09:24 UTC
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It gets a slightly interesting. Xorg.0.log says this is Radeon 6400M Series at
(--)PCI:* line.
However, on "(II) RADEON: driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:" line, it has all
models including 2600..6000,6200,6250,6300,6700..9800, but not 6400,6500,6600.

Then it says: (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

It looks like that Radeon 6400-6600 Series are not supported in Xorg, or not in
this FreeBSD version.




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From: Erich Dollansky <***@ovitrap.com>
To: Jin Guojun <***@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: freebsd-***@freebsd.org; ***@freebsd.org; ***@freebsd.org
Sent: Thu, March 29, 2012 10:13:14 PM
Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop

Hi,
Post by Jin Guojun
Unfortunately, X and startx will crash too if X -configure crashes :-)
is this a new feature?

Isn't xorg.conf processed at all anymore? I am under the impression that X stops
probing when the configuration in xorg.conf works.

Of course, I did not give X the drivers for probing for hardware which is not in
the box.

Erich
Post by Jin Guojun
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Sent: Thu, March 29, 2012 6:50:33 PM
Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop
Hi,
Post by Jin Guojun
I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on
this
Post by Jin Guojun
machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine.
I never use X-configure but copy xorg.conf from a machine with a running
configuration and change the settings to fit the different hardware.
Erich
Matthew D. Fuller
2012-03-31 22:06:29 UTC
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 04:08:33PM -0700 I heard the voice of
Post by Jin Guojun
It looks like that Radeon 6400-6600 Series are not supported in
Xorg, or not in this FreeBSD version.
TTBOMK, all the Radeons newer than 4xxx (i.e., 5xxx and above) are
meaningfully supported only via KMS, and thus not at all on FreeBSD.
So using a 6xxx probably means you choose between vesa and... vesa.
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