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Date:      24 Oct 2002 10:09:29 -0400
From:      Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com>
To:        pippo@bellnet.ca
Cc:        Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xfree question not answered on the xfree lists, maybe here?
Message-ID:  <1035468570.48018.0.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021024095742.00ab17a0@pop51.bellnet.ca>
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20021024095742.00ab17a0@pop51.bellnet.ca>

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On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 10:06, pippo@bellnet.ca wrote:
> At 06:41 AM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> Hi Chip,
> I had a very similar problem on a rather simplistic mother board that had a 
> buil-in video card; I was trying to use a card in a pci slot and the 
> problem was in the configuration. I suspect that what you have to do is 
> just try diffrent configurations for the Screen section:
> For instance, try a different depth, like 8 with "1024x768" and "800x600" . 
> My card is supposed to go to 1600x1200 at 24bits but just does not do it - 
> I think it has to do with the memory you have for the video.  Oddly, mine 
> started working when I configured Depth 8 and Depth 16 to Modes "1280x1024" 
> & "1024x768"
> HTH,
> PJ
> 
> >I put this on chat becuase it's a bit off topic, and it has yet to be
> >answered on the xfree lists. I just installed fbsd 4.7 on a new box, at
> >the prompt to configure the x server said no, and finished the install.
> >I then ran XFree86 -configure and copied the XFree86Config to /etc/X11/.
> >When I start X it starts okay except it will only run in 4 bit mode.
> >Even when I try to force it to 16 bit at the startx prompt, it will
> >default to 4. I tried to comment out the 4bit subsection the XFree will
> >only complain that it's not there and fail to load. I know the video
> >card and monitor will do 16 bit and 1024x768, it was on the previous
> >install, and the box dual-boots win2000, which is using that config. I
> >noticed there are no lines for modes in the screens subsections, so I
> >added one to the 16bit subsection, it only breaks X again. I've included
> >the XFree86Config at the bottom of this message.
> >Hopefully someone will be able to help me here. :)
> >Regards,
> >Chip W
> >
> >------
> >XFree86Config
> >------
> >
> >Section "ServerLayout"
> >         Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
> >         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> >         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> >         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Files"
> >         RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> >         ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> >         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> >         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> >         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> >         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> >         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Module"
> >         Load  "dbe"
> >         Load  "dri"
> >         Load  "extmod"
> >         Load  "glx"
> >         Load  "pex5"
> >         Load  "record"
> >         Load  "xie"
> >         Load  "xtrap"
> >         Load  "speedo"
> >         Load  "type1"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> >         Driver      "keyboard"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier  "Mouse0"
> >         Driver      "mouse"
> >         Option      "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
> >         Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Monitor"
> >         Identifier   "Monitor0"
> >         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> >         ModelName    "Monitor Model"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Device"
> >         ### Available Driver options are:-
> >         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
> >         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
> >         ### [arg]: arg optional
> >         #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
> >         #Option     "VGAClocks"                 # [<bool>]
> >         Identifier  "Card0"
> >         Driver      "vga"
> >         VendorName  "SiS"
> >         BoardName   "630"
> >         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Screen"
> >         Identifier "Screen0"
> >         Device     "Card0"
> >         Monitor    "Monitor0"
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth     1
> >         EndSubSection
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth     4
> >         EndSubSection
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth     8
> >         EndSubSection
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth     15
> >         EndSubSection
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth     16
> >         EndSubSection
> >         SubSection "Display"
> >                 Depth     24
> >         EndSubSection
> >EndSection
> >
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Also -- try specifying a DefaultMode in your "Screen" section.....


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