From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Aug 25 16:43:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03117 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:43:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-d3.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03083 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:43:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA00640; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:38:12 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808251638.QAA00640@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: David Syphers cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:52:26 MST." <199808252152.OAA13477@beowulf.llnl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:38:11 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Please, one list only. > Okay, the frustration level's running a little high, which is why I'm > sending this message instead of reading _more_ docs (and I'm sure the > my guruish friend is getting tired of me running to him all the time). > I'm attempting to install XFree86 on my Chembook 6300 laptop and I'm not > having much sucess. I copied the necessary files to a directory in the > /usr partition and unpacked them ("extract" didn't work, but whatever. > i just used gunzip and tar). Which directory? Why not use /stand/sysinstall to install X? > I ran xf86config and the basic vanilla > video setup (640x480 16 color using X332VG16) because my NeoMagic 128 > isn't directly supported. This didn't work. I then tried using > XF86Setup through /stand/sysinstall, and while this seemed more > promising (hey, it could display the very X-like thing it uses for > setup), it got me no further. Every time I try to run X using > "startx," I get the same error - The very X-like thing is the VGA16 server (ie. it _is_ X). > "{blah blah blah} > (--) VGA16: There is no mode definition named "640x480" > > Fatal server error: > No valid modes found..." Did you save the configuration file when you finished XF86Setup? Unless you do this explicitly, you won't have a configuration. > *briefly stands on soapbox* > I am new to FreeBSD. By this I do _not_ mean "I've only been a Sun > sysadmin for 10 years" new to FreeBSD. I mean that I've come directly > from the world of Microsoft. I've been playing around with FreeBSD off > and on for over a year now, and obviously haven't accomplished much. I > really like FreeBSD and the atmosphere of it's users, but I'd just like > to cast one more vote for the idea that FreeBSD doesn't have adaquate > support for those of us with absolutely no experience with this stuff - > no experience with Sun, with SYSV, with Linux, or with DOS. That's fair enough; however we don't have a multi-billion dollar organisation which can control the hardware market and pay people to do the corner smoothing. One more point; XFree86 is a third-party product supplied by the XFree86 Project. If you are having problems with it, you should be talking to them. If we were Microsoft, we would be charging you $55 for this advice. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message