Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:26:55 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: SOLVED: Re: Signal over range, WAS: X -configure fails: Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed. Message-ID: <20091222202655.GA62431@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912221204290.41771@wonkity.com> References: <20091219182004.GA80336@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091219200730.GW74529@alchemy.franken.de> <20091219214803.GA10306@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091220150005.GA74529@alchemy.franken.de> <20091220221010.GA18788@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091220222012.GB74529@alchemy.franken.de> <20091222121533.GA60398@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912221049100.41771@wonkity.com> <20091222184207.GA61999@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912221204290.41771@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:26:03PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > Warren, thank you, but this doesn't help. I've added: > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > HorizSync 30-50 > > VertRefresh 60 > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "mach64" > > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > > EndSection > > Hmm. Some web searching says non-Intel platforms might need a different > reference clock: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml#doc_chap4_sect1 out of desperation was re-reading the manual and saw this: Starting with Xorg 7.4 and above, this test produces a black screen which may make it difficult to diagnose whether X11 is working properly. The older behavior is still available by using the retro option: # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro so, yes, I got the grey screen and a cross, and the mouse seems to be working. Warren, many thanks for your help! -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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