On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 18:06, Aaron Lewis <aaron.lewis1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bas v.d. Wiel wrote: > >> Aaron Lewis wrote: >> >>> >>> Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed >>>> drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). >>>> >>>> >>>> Well , the opensource ati driver doesn't work for me , no matter linux >>> or FreeBSD , it crashes >>> I've read the documents , and found my ATI is on the support list , but >>> it just don't work ;-( >>> >>> Are you saying the R400 has both integrated and discrete video cards? >>>> Lenovo's web site doesn't seem very oriented to telling potential customers >>>> details about their newer computers. >>>> >>>> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA >>>> >>> I bought it in china , you'll had to know R400 has lots of types , mine >>> is 2784a18. >>> Of course you can choose to buy an energy-save laptop , which has on >>> independent Video Cards , >>> Just an build-in intel Video Card , it's better for power saving someway. >>> >>> It's very strange that your machine should crash so early in its boot >> process. I don't own any ATI hardware so I'm not entirely sure on this, but >> my impression is that booting into the console should work with just about >> any kind of video hardware. Does Windows actually work with the ATI card? >> I'm beginning to suspect broken hardware here.. >> >> Bas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > Yeah , when i enable "Switchable Video Card" in BIOS , my Linux won't start > X11 , > fglrx driver doesn't allow me to do so , it tell me directly to disable > this feature , > and must turn to "Discrete Card" Mode. > > And if i do so , after boot menu , right after the progress bar , ( not > the boot loader ) > i don't know how to describe this , it just hangs at prompt when i press > enter. > > I think it's because my ATI Video Card is kind of special , it has > "Switchable Video Card" ability , > some new features , even ATI official linux driver can't really handle this > , and for BSD , > it even don't boot. > > > -- > Best Regards, > Aaron Lewis - PGP: 0xA476D2E9 > irc: A4r0n on freenode > > I also have a Dell D630, but I have not tested with FreeBSD yet. I think after reading this thread I will wipe the M$ off the drive and attempt to get FBSD working according to my needs. I will also make a section at http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ with my findings. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
