From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 3 08:24:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B16A16A407 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 08:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victor.engmark@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3DE313C465 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 08:24:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victor.engmark@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s1so445096nze for ; Thu, 03 May 2007 01:24:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=kU4D0BJEg9kxMDKAK9Z2dGzsn6gjtsmth27ytzXpenkCTurpXy1U8oqBOkgHH3H1sDpgFOXVZnw7oxnctJxTkiO13hijmBKX83txzxE7M801RFsQisqCORLzzaLsruZv5q2VJksrUMk1wNMRmeZNFYrmE92X/t3ZHs0YI6KremI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=MunTydoE/ulwPxk8bpt++R1klWlpAw45FsaD44c5jt0Uf7Xwcd0RWqtkPpoJUPmVP7P+kbgd724jwXSy/CvQu9Ny66hZDZLv4TINQmZAalxTe8thqbn9xuxx9X30wLpj1nYdh77lSf1EnjDPzUDEEqvnsuA4dB9Id+o9sqne+Aw= Received: by 10.114.168.1 with SMTP id q1mr573617wae.1178180666918; Thu, 03 May 2007 01:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.79.14 with HTTP; Thu, 3 May 2007 01:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7d4f41f50705030124k34c9fb7dxca13c8ae2682e8a5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 10:24:26 +0200 From: "Victor Engmark" To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" In-Reply-To: <20070502231918.GJ47158@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7d4f41f50704300202y366d468cu61a81b27786130c8@mail.gmail.com> <20070501005104.GA44188@wantadilla.lemis.com> <7d4f41f50705010028o319c543aj4c57f4e2edb9cf8d@mail.gmail.com> <20070502231918.GJ47158@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How to find HorizSync / VertRefresh rates? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 08:24:28 -0000 On 5/3/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > On Tuesday, 1 May 2007 at 9:28:27 +0200, Victor Engmark wrote: > > On 5/1/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Monday, 30 April 2007 at 11:02:54 +0200, Victor Engmark wrote: > >> 1: Try XFree86. Maybe that will work better. > > > > I'm a bit reluctant to straying away from the recommended setup on my > work > > machine. > > Even if the recommended setup doesn't work? Note that we have both in > the ports collection, so the definition of "recommended" sounds more > like "default" to me. It "works" in the sense that I get the correct dimensions, but I'm unsure as to whether I risk frying the card or screen by using the current values, and whether I can somehow establish which values would be optimal for my card and screen. > Besides, isn't the code base for this and X.org still very similar? > > Yes, but there have been many edge cases where one works and the other > doesn't. In general, X.org brings better results, but it's worth a > try. Alright, thanks. I'll see about it. Get hold of the latest Knoppix CD from http://www.knoppix.org/, burn > it to CD, boot from it and see if that works. Knoppix is a Linux > distribution that runs from CD, so it's good for this kind of test. I still don't understand how it will provide the values I'm looking for. I note that none of the other messages that have gone by in this > thread have addressed what I consider to be the crucial point: you > have a BIOS mapping issue. It would be interesting to know what > version of FreeBSD you're running. > 6.2-RELEASE. -- Victor Engmark Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - What is said in Latin, sounds profound