From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 21 6: 3:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A775437B401 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:03:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from endrun.org (66-159-173-249.adsl.snet.net [66.159.173.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552DB43FAF for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:03:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from christian@endrun.org) Received: from endrun.org (www@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by endrun.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h2LECIe18473; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:12:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from christian@endrun.org) From: Christian Sauer Received: from 65.198.79.131 (SquirrelMail authenticated user christian) by www.endrun.org with HTTP; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:12:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <23092.65.198.79.131.1048255939.squirrel@www.endrun.org> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:12:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: HP Omnibook XE2-db: XFree86 4.3.0 core dumps To: In-Reply-To: <20030321114057.GB32599@sr.se> References: <4128.192.168.1.100.1048222998.squirrel@www.endrun.org> <20030321114057.GB32599@sr.se> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Cc: X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Gunnar Flygt said: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 12:03:18AM -0500, Christian Sauer wrote: >> >> After installing XFree86 4.3.0 via ports to the omnibook, I built the >> config file using xf86config utility. When I try to run startx, >> XFree86 goes through it's startup routine and the screen flickers like >> it is about to go into graphics mode. It then core dumps and returns >> to the command line. > > Try using the more modern xf86cfg instead! Already tried that. Same results. >> >> I have found a bunch of stuff online about using this laptop with >> XFree86 v3 ... but nothing for v4. >> >> According to >> http://h200005.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/bpi03591/bpi03591.pdf >> This video chip is "SMI LynxE SM811 graphics controller with 2-MB >> 135-MHZ SGRAM" >> >> Anyone have any advice? >> >> -Christian >> [system info output snipped] > > -- > Gunnar Flygt > OPC Data > Sveriges Radio -Christian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message