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Date:      Tue, 16 May 2000 10:34:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      The Utz Family <utz@serv.net>
To:        Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net>
Cc:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fxtv on XFree86 4.0 - Who's having trouble?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.10005161032350.59859-100000@itchy.serv.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000515201444.A3984@ipass.net>

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hey! tnx for the kernel defines!

that shmat() stuff has been annoying the
hell outta' me!

now, all i havbe to do is figure out why i have to use noaccel and
sw_cursor with my PC-CHIPS SiS 6326 AGP chipset

On Mon, 15 May 2000, Randall Hopper wrote:

> The semester is over and I've got free time again.  So I'm soliciting any
> problems folks are having with XFree86 4.0.
> 
> I installed it several days ago, and after XFree86 is configured (and
> FreeBSD is configured for XFree86), Fxtv seems to work pretty well.  DGA,
> no problems.  (The only oddity is that full-screen zoom doesn't center the
> viewport and grab the mouse).
> 
> Here's what I did:
>        
> 
>   1) XFree86 -configure   (let X generate your XF86Config)
> 
>   2) kernel (works around XFree86-Bigfont...: shmat() failed errors):
>         options         SHMALL=1025
>         options         SHMMAX="(SHMMAXPGS*PAGE_SIZE+1)"
>         options         SHMMAXPGS=1025
>         options         SHMMIN=2
>         options         SHMMNI=256
>         options         SHMSEG=128
>  
>   3) Mod XF86Config
>      a) Configure Monitor and FontPath's to taste
>      b) Add "DefaultDepth 16" (or other) to Screen section
>      c) Set up Weight and Modes preferences for the DefaultDepth.
> 
> 
> Then just "startx".  No -cc 4, visual specs, other req'd.
> 
> -- 
> Randall Hopper
> aa8vb@ipass.net
> 



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