Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:15:56 +0200 (MET DST) From: Stefan Peter <stefan@omega.ailab.sztaki.hu> To: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: startx Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9907281311260.620-100000@omega.ailab.sztaki.hu> In-Reply-To: <379EE4E2.6B94F9B8@prime.net.ua>
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> 1st of all: U didnt correctly define modes for ur X server. > Depending on ur monitor and videocard U may define > different videomodes with different color depth. > My advice is to run X86Setup utility which will write > appropriate config file for U. But U *must* know > which video hardware U have and its features. > Of course ur videocard must be supported by XFree. > (man X86_Accel.1 X86_SVGA.1) That's fine, but in this case how it was possible that the install-process was able to switch into video mode? And also started the X-server without any problems. How can I gain information about my videocard without having paper-based hardware description? > second traverse ur /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/* dirs > and run there mkfontdir utility to create fonts.dir files. I'm gonna try this. Thanks, Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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