From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 4 03:58:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01C4916A401 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 03:58:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmw@unete.cl) Received: from qmail2.ifxnetworks.com (qmail2.ifxnetworks.com [200.110.128.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973A513C4B3 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 03:58:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmw@unete.cl) Received: (qmail 17005 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2007 03:58:35 -0000 X-Spam-DCC: : qmail2.ifxnetworks.com 1113; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on qmail2.ifxnetworks.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.8 Received: from unknown (HELO daemon) (dmw@unete.cl@[200.73.29.103]) (envelope-sender ) by qmail2.ifxnetworks.com (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 4 Mar 2007 03:58:34 -0000 From: Daniel Molina Wegener Organization: DMW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 00:59:33 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200703040059.33713.dmw@unete.cl> Cc: Warwick Sweetnam Subject: Re: Running X window system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: dmw@unete.cl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:58:39 -0000 On Sunday 04 March 2007 00:50, Warwick Sweetnam wrote: > Hi, I am having trouble getting X window system to > boot on a 2196 24A IBM Aptiva. The specs of the on-board > graphics card are as follows: > 64meg Ram > SiS540 or SiS630 > > The monitor is a dell lcd model no. 1504FP > specs are as follows: > Resolution > > Horizontal scan range 31 kHz to 60 kHz (automatic) > Vertical scan range 60 Hz to 75 Hz (automatic) > Optimal preset resolution 1024 x 768 at 60 Hz > Highest preset resolution 1024 x 768 at 75 Hz > * Highest addressable resolution 1024 x 768 at 75 Hz > Most resolutions run primarily on VESA of which I > have tried as generic driver. > > Ive tried running the system with all different options > and resolutions, including running with the generic SiS > drivers, when I try to select specific chipsets there is > never an exact match, the closest match in the options > to the SiS540 is the SiS530, and closet to SiS630 is SiS620, > im unsure of the exact chipset on my board as i cant seem > to locate the model anywhere, I just know from a maintenence > manual that these are the 2 possible chipsets. > > I have tried entering the horizontal and vertical refresh > rates manually and running with both types of SiS chipset > drivers at different low resolutions and different bit depths > (24 and 16) but still no luck. > If it helps I am trying to run fluxbox with on this > particular install and are following a step-by-step guide but > not a lot of troubleshooting advice is given unfortunatly. > Any help would be greatly appreciated, I hope to have > provided the needed information. > > [SNIP] Have you tried "Xorg -configure"? Regards, -- .O. | Daniel Molina Wegener | C/C++ Developer ..O | dmw [at] unete [dot] cl | FOSS Coding Adict OOO | BSD & Linux User | Standards Rocks!