Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:50:12 -0500 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com> To: arnuld <arnuld3@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "X windows" configuration problem Message-ID: <f84c38580611120850s52c9ceebp710131df33951a29@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dd685b340611120459m4fa51e42o4ab91af53745bd31@mail.gmail.com> References: <dd685b340611120459m4fa51e42o4ab91af53745bd31@mail.gmail.com>
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do u have an xorg.conf to show us?? tfc On 11/12/06, arnuld <arnuld3@gmail.com> wrote: > > hai all, > > i am not able to configure my X-Windows system. i will be brief: > > 1.) ASUS K8V-MX motherboard running AMD64 Athlon > 2.) VIA K8M800, VIA 8T237R chipsets. > > i downloaded FreeBSD 6.1 last night & have verified the "md5sum". > "Xorg -configure" does not work. GNOME is installed. then i tried > "xorgconfig -textmode" which worked & after checking my mouse, > keyboard etc it shows me the "video card list" which contains only 2 > drivers "ati" & "vmware" & nothing else. so i tried both drivers, > "ati" & "vmware" & edited "ttyv8" line in "/etc/ttys" to "on" from > "off". but all i get is Black Terminal. > > does anybody has any idea on how i can configure X? > > (i used to run Fedora Core 4 before that which installs "vesa" driver > for my VGA & it ran fine in "1024x768" mode. i have used FreeBSD 5.4 > once which did show me a long list of drivers for my "video card" > including "vesa" & i ran my box with that & it was fine but with this > new FreeBSD i dont have any choice except 2 drivers i mentioned. ) > > -- arnuld > http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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