From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 11 00:40:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA29960 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.225.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA29883 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:40:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.31.2]) by Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (RBI-Z-5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA21173; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:40:56 +0100 Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) id JAA18319; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:50:15 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies Message-Id: <199611110850.JAA18319@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: Re: X In-Reply-To: from SKYNET1 at "Nov 10, 96 12:35:03 pm" To: Skynet1@cris.com (SKYNET1) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:50:14 +0100 (MET) Cc: Questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I installed X windows, ran xf86config, and it won't work! > My computer came with 2 MB of video ram...but > X windows detects only 64k and when I specify more Could you supply more information? What card brand? Which version of XFree86? Which server do you use? What is the output of startx/server startup? (startx >& startx.log&) > it opens up but is crypted. (the screen is all messaged > up)...according to Xfree, when this happens (screen crypt) > it means you have specified more memory than your video > card has. Should I be worried? DID MY CPU MANUFACTURER > TRICK ME! ahh.. 1024x768 worked in windows 95, did that > use Video ram? I'm worried. > Thanks in advance. > > Skynet1@Cris.com > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de