Subject: Re: NetBSD 3.0: Can't get Xorg to work with ATI Mobility X600
To: Sam Tran <stlist@gmail.com>
From: Lars Heidieker <lars@heidieker.de>
List: current-users
Date: 01/12/2006 09:29:24
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On 12 Jan 2006, at 02:26, Sam Tran wrote:

> On 1/11/06, Tom Spindler <dogcow@babymeat.com> wrote:
>>> Here are my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files:
>>> http://www.mailzu.org/xorg/xorg.conf
>>> http://www.mailzu.org/xorg/Xorg.0.log
>>>
>>
>> you have
>>         Driver      "ati"
>>
>> You may wish to use
>>     Driver      "radeon"
>> instead; at least, that's what works on my mobility X300.
>>
>>
>
> Tom,
>
> I tried the radeon without any success.
> It works now with Xorg 6.9.0 using the exact same xorg.conf file.
>
> Thanks.
> Sam
>

I had to put ChipID 0x5b60 (which is an X300) into my xorg.conf to  
get my X550 runnning.
Which is essentially the same chip just a little higher clocked.
So pretending it is an X300 did the trick.
I used FreeBSD but that shouldn't make a difference in this regard.


Lars


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