Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:51:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211442390.79363@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008190629170.68578@wonkity.com> <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008202215160.76288@wonkity.com> <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com>
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote: > .xinitrc > xrdb > xsetroot -solid gray & > xterm -geometry +0-100 & > xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7 & > #exec olvwm #complained about a missing font > exec fvwm Before trying a different window manager, try good old twm. > xorg.conf > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "X.org Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection If you're running hal, those InputDevice sections aren't needed. > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > EndSection These InputDevice definitions are also unnecessary with hal. > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "HP" > ModelName "2009" > ModeLine "1600x900" 108.0 1600 1624 1704 1800 900 901 904 1000 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection Modelines are... well, avoid them unless they are required. > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] > #Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>] > #Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "vesa" > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > BoardName "NV44 [GeForce 6200 A-LE]" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection The nVidia driver should produce better results than vesa. > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x900" > EndSubSection > EndSection Finally, starting with a more common resolution like 1024x768 may help. Get it working first, then polish one thing at a time so you can tell what works. > Is there is somewhere I can park the log file that you would have access > to? I don't know of any way to provide a link to it here. http://pastebin.com/ is popular. > The log file says: (--) using VT number 9. This does not exist in > /etc/ttys and I didn't find anywhere in the Handbook chapter that says > it needs to be added. xorg creates it automatically. It's the alt-F9 to switch from console to X. > The log file generated by Xorg -configure appears to have everything > there is to know about the monitor being used. These values were > manually put in the xorg.conf file. However, the log file says: > (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1600x900" (no mode of this name) > However, the xorg.conf test did work. vesa may not be able to handle that resolution. 1024x768 is a safe starting value.
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