Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:04:40 -0300 From: "Pitre, Ian (DPS/MSP)" <Ian.Pitre@gnb.ca> To: "Ghirai" <ghirai@ghirai.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD7 + Intel video chipset 965 + X11R6 Message-ID: <8D135C6B91AEAC4CA9A94E74604BA0990DD51E@GNBEX01.gnb.ca> References: <8D135C6B91AEAC4CA9A94E74604BA0990DD51C@GNBEX01.gnb.ca> <20080412032538.7f220229.ghirai@ghirai.com>
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Thank you for such a quick response. =20 1. How could I verify which driver is being used? =20 2. I went it the post-install configuration and tried downloading the = Intel driver package but it failed... giving me error -1 and states to = look at debug screen but I have no idea where to see that. ________________________________ From: Ghirai [mailto:ghirai@ghirai.com] Sent: Fri 2008-04-11 21:25 To: Pitre, Ian (DPS/MSP) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD7 + Intel video chipset 965 + X11R6 On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:57:23 -0300 "Pitre, Ian (DPS/MSP)" <Ian.Pitre@gnb.ca> wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > First off I'm a total newbie to FreeBSD and the UNIX world. >=20 > I installed FreeBSD 7 about 1 wk ago and I'm about to give up at this = point as I'm having video problems but it seems like such a great OS I = want to fix it. >=20 > My video hardware: >=20 > Integrated onboard Intel video card, 965 chipset using the system = memory >=20 > Here is the problem; >=20 > I have GNOME (version that comes with FreeBSD 7) for an interface and = initially when it loaded my mouse didn't work. I used the xorgconfig, = xorgcfg did not work. Once I ran the configuration utility and the new = xorg.conf file was created I rebooted and now I have a mouse but the = screen resolution is extremely low (everything is huge). Before I ran = the utility and loaded gnome the resolution was very decent (but I had = no mouse). I know they're probably unrelated. >=20 > Does anyone have any suggestions? >=20 > p.s. I discovered on X.org that the Intel 965 chipset is 'now' = supported in release X11R7.2. Would upgrading X be the smartest thing = to do but my question since I'm a total newbie is... how do I do that :) >=20 > Thanks for any advice >=20 > Ian Make sure you have moused_enable=3D"YES" in rc.conf, as well as usbd_enable=3D"YES" (if you have an usb mouse). You should also verify that Xorg uses the 'intel' driver. The handbook covers basic X11 setup pretty well: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html -- Regards, Ghirai.
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