From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 21:43:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34C2D16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:43:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD6B043D54 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:43:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jamesd.earl@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 37so2263wra for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:43:06 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=gw4hWWF5Dxjpp4iJKmEqYLdv2QtJ9Kx7gXaUb41QEvv4E0oGKPTikt8GZeDE1VvQZVdaPJ7v+Pcm/4p5yYjQF0Wu9JQmfcqPmxukiVLJtR3ywc51NiAzjG2TEs+Fhy1FQs7ZQ5FKKXLAECKVaIg7grnVS4UCol4V0ywsdaUDRkI= Received: by 10.54.27.49 with SMTP id a49mr511006wra; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:43:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.54.14 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:43:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:43:06 -0700 From: James Earl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200503151535510196.1950B620@mail.intradyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200503151535510196.1950B620@mail.intradyn.com> Subject: Re: Advice on integrated video on friends system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: james@icionline.ca List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:43:07 -0000 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 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" > >