Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 05:25:07 -0700 From: "Aaron Burke" <aburke@nullplusone.com> To: "Robert L. Bostic" <neozulu@attbi.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Monitor & video configuration on a laptop Message-ID: <NGBBLCIHCLNJAIGIFFHJCEEICGAA.aburke@nullplusone.com> In-Reply-To: <OBEPIABBAMHFOPKIFPDLAEIPCAAA.neozulu@attbi.com>
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For future reference, Please send messages to this list as Plain Text, and try to wrap your lines at about 70 characters. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On > Behalf Of Robert L. Bostic > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 03:27 PM > To: Freebsd-Questions > Subject: Monitor & video configuration on a laptop > > > I successfully installed FreeBSD 4.6 on a Sony PCG-FXA47 laptop. > However, I was unable to find a monitor and video card setting > that will allow me to startx. Startx fails complaining of being > unable to find a usable configuration. After several days of trial > and error, I was compelled to give up and conclude that 4.6 has no > monitor/video card settings compatible with my laptop. Does anyone > know of a work around that I use? Thanks. For starters, what is the model number of the video card? Who makes it? Also, dont worry about the monitor definition. That is generally not a problem at all. > > Robert > neozulu@attbi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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