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Date:      Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:06:21 -0400
From:      pippo@bellnet.ca
To:        Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xfree question not answered on the xfree lists, maybe here?
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20021024095742.00ab17a0@pop51.bellnet.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20021024064116.13b6b2bf.chip@wiegand.org>

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At 06:41 AM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
Hi Chip,
I had a very similar problem on a rather simplistic mother board that had a 
buil-in video card; I was trying to use a card in a pci slot and the 
problem was in the configuration. I suspect that what you have to do is 
just try diffrent configurations for the Screen section:
For instance, try a different depth, like 8 with "1024x768" and "800x600" . 
My card is supposed to go to 1600x1200 at 24bits but just does not do it - 
I think it has to do with the memory you have for the video.  Oddly, mine 
started working when I configured Depth 8 and Depth 16 to Modes "1280x1024" 
& "1024x768"
HTH,
PJ

>I put this on chat becuase it's a bit off topic, and it has yet to be
>answered on the xfree lists. I just installed fbsd 4.7 on a new box, at
>the prompt to configure the x server said no, and finished the install.
>I then ran XFree86 -configure and copied the XFree86Config to /etc/X11/.
>When I start X it starts okay except it will only run in 4 bit mode.
>Even when I try to force it to 16 bit at the startx prompt, it will
>default to 4. I tried to comment out the 4bit subsection the XFree will
>only complain that it's not there and fail to load. I know the video
>card and monitor will do 16 bit and 1024x768, it was on the previous
>install, and the box dual-boots win2000, which is using that config. I
>noticed there are no lines for modes in the screens subsections, so I
>added one to the 16bit subsection, it only breaks X again. I've included
>the XFree86Config at the bottom of this message.
>Hopefully someone will be able to help me here. :)
>Regards,
>Chip W
>
>------
>XFree86Config
>------
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>         RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>         ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "dri"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "pex5"
>         Load  "record"
>         Load  "xie"
>         Load  "xtrap"
>         Load  "speedo"
>         Load  "type1"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "keyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "Monitor Model"
>EndSection
>
>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     "VGAClocks"                 # [<bool>]
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "vga"
>         VendorName  "SiS"
>         BoardName   "630"
>         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Card0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     1
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     4
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     8
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     15
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     16
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>         EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
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