Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:43:06 -0700 From: James Earl <jamesd.earl@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice on integrated video on friends system Message-ID: <c6bf25505031513433ebc791d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200503151535510196.1950B620@mail.intradyn.com> References: <c6bf25505031513274b9dd3df@mail.gmail.com> <200503151535510196.1950B620@mail.intradyn.com>
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I've included HorizSync, and VertRefresh for the monitor's specs. Is there more that's needed in this case? The monitor that I'm currently testing with is a Samsung 193P. I also tested on a Samsung 171S, and an old CRT. On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:35:51 -0600, Henry Miller <hmiller@intradyn.com> wrote: > > I'd start by getting the specs for the monitor and manually entering > them into the xorg.conf file. This looks to me like the case of the > monitor shutting itself down because the sync is out of the supported > range. > > man xorg.conf > man Xservers > > > On 3/15/2005 at 14:27 James Earl wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >A good friend of mine asked me to setup FreeBSD and GNOME on his home > >computer for his family to use. It is an old IBM Aptiva. The usual > >stuff works, but of course it has to have integrated video: ATI Rage > >Pro Turbo chipset. > > > >I'm running the latest Xorg in the ports tree and started with a > >configuration file using 'Xorg -configure'. No matter what I've tried > >(no accel, no dri, defaultdepth 8, 16, Modes 800x600, 640x480), all > >the results have been the same, even when trying to run xorgcfg... > >when I run startx, my monitor blanks, and either tells me it's an > >unsupported video mode, or the screen just goes blank. Doing > >ctrl+alt+backspace doesn't restore my text mode, but I am able to > >reboot the system using ctrl+alt+del, or I can even type 'shutdown -p > >now' (but nothing is displayed). > > > >Could anyone suggest any additional course of action, or is this > >chipset clearly unsupported? It's really hard for me to give up on > >this... it's not too often that I get to setup someone with FreeBSD > >and GNOME (has only happened to me once before this). > > > >James > >_______________________________________________ > >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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