obsd 3.3 & radeon 9000

[mangala <obsd@cox.net>]

hi everyone,

i installed openbsd 3.3 on a dell inspiron 8200 with an ati radeon 9000 
graphic card. xfree 4.2.1 does not support this card as it's too new, so 
i tried patching which didn't help.

after that i decided to install xfree 4.3.0, so i downloaded the 
necessary source tarballs from http://www.xfree86.org/ and built and 
installed xfree. this seemed to work as i got x running in no time.
the only problem is, everytime i exit out of windowmaker and x shuts 
down, i can barely see anything anymore on the console. all other 
consoles have the same problem.

only after a reboot can i use the console normally, that is until i 
start up x again.

is there anyone who's come across this before?

i assume waiting till november to install openbsd 3.4 (and with that 
xfree 4.3.0) would solve this problem quickly, but at the moment i'm 
interested in finding out what's causing this.
any ideas?

any help would be appreciated.
thanx