Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:13:23 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: Frank Altpeter <frank@altpeter.de> Subject: Re: Xfree86 4.3.0 under 5.2.1-Relase on Compaq Armada e500 Message-ID: <200407061113.23042.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20040706161145.GA50538@murphy.planlos.de> References: <40EACA8B.8000509@iinet.net.au> <20040706161145.GA50538@murphy.planlos.de>
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On Tuesday 06 July 2004 11:11 am, Frank Altpeter wrote: > Hello! > > Michael McCormack wrote on 2004-07-07 01:51:39 +1000: > > Having severe problems getting xfree to run on this machine; > > > > Compaq Armada e500 > > ATI Rage Mobility P/M > > 8MB (?) Video RAM -- I think this card steals system RAM. > > 384 MB system RAM > > > > Have tried around six different XF86Config files both generated from > > xf86cfg and found in various places, including the ones posted on the > > FLCL. I have tried these with ACPI enabled and disabled, but the result > > is always the same. > > > > startx hangs at: > > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" > > > > The logfile reports nothing after the PCI probe stuff. > > > > The system doesn't lock up completely; it still responds to > > ctrl-alt-del, but that's all it will do. > > > > I can post logfiles and/or dmesg output if anyone thinks it'll help. I'm > > still running the GENERIC kernel. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > First of all, i would strongly suggest to update to 5.2-CURRENT ... > the 5.2.1 release is not really useable on e500. > Then update ports and build a new XFree and start then try to build > a new "xfree86 -configure" config and test again. Let's also not forget /usr/ports/x11/xorg XFree can easily be replaced with that. -- Best regards, Chris -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ClamAV virus dat updated: Tue Jul 6 2004 at 03:02:57 daily.cvd updated (version: 392, sigs: 1405, f-level: 2, builder: tomek)
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