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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 01:44:17 -0400
From:      "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net>
To:        <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Message-ID:  <001001c14fbc$485fac00$0500a8c0@brockspc>

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Hey all,

    Ok let first state that i am a total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im =
lovin it except for X.... I no i gotta be doing something wrong someware =
but cant figure it out.... I'm running 4.4R and vs.3.3.6 of X (Gnome =
with Enlightment}i got fbsd runnin on a amd 700 with 128megs of ram my =
vid card is a Nivida riva TNT2 with 32megs of ram.. My monitor is a =
gateway ev 500  horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is 50-100....
i can get x to start but the display is just nasty its either 1 all grey =
and no pics or the display pixels are so huge and unclear you cant see =
anything at all...
for the vid card selection i tried the nvidia riva tnt2(generic) also =
tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to work... I did have it =
working the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed something up severly =
and i ended up formating and starting all over again (what can i say =
Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook and even the =
complete fbsd book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more =
thing the one time i did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my vid =
card was # 362 which now is 466 how that happen i will never no but =
thats one of those lovely things about computers i guess..=20

someone please help me!!!!!!!!!

if you need more info just let me no!!!!! like i said before im just a =
newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok let first state =
that i am a=20
total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin it except for X.... I no i =
gotta be=20
doing something wrong someware but cant figure it out.... I'm running=20
4.4R&nbsp;and vs.3.3.6 of X&nbsp;(Gnome with Enlightment}i&nbsp;got fbsd =
runnin=20
on a&nbsp;amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card is a Nivida riva=20
TNT2&nbsp;with 32megs of ram..&nbsp;My monitor is&nbsp;a gateway ev 500=20
&nbsp;horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is =
50-100....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i can get x to start but the display is =
just nasty=20
its either 1 all grey and no pics or the display pixels&nbsp;are so huge =
and=20
unclear you cant see anything at all...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for the vid card selection i tried the =
nvidia riva=20
tnt2(generic) also tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to =
work... I=20
did have it working the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed =
something up=20
severly and i ended up formating and starting all over again (what can i =
say=20
Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook and even the =
complete fbsd=20
book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more thing the one =
time i=20
did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my vid card was # 362 which =
now is=20
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computers i guess.. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>someone please help =
me!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>if you need more info just let me =
no!!!!! like i=20
said before im just a newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)=20
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