From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 24 7:11:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D680637B401 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 07:11:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.uits.uconn.edu (mail1.uits.uconn.edu [137.99.25.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25DAB43E4A for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 07:11:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@forsetti.com) Received: from d80h149.public.uconn.edu (d80h149.public.uconn.edu [137.99.80.149]) by mail1.uits.uconn.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9OE9Ws16422; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:09:32 -0400 Subject: Re: xfree question not answered on the xfree lists, maybe here? From: Matt Smith To: pippo@bellnet.ca Cc: Chip Wiegand , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021024095742.00ab17a0@pop51.bellnet.ca> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021024095742.00ab17a0@pop51.bellnet.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 24 Oct 2002 10:09:29 -0400 Message-Id: <1035468570.48018.0.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 10:06, pippo@bellnet.ca wrote: > 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: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", > > ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" > > ### [arg]: arg optional > > #Option "ShadowFB" # [] > > #Option "VGAClocks" # [] > > 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 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Also -- try specifying a DefaultMode in your "Screen" section..... 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