Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 21:14:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Mark Blackman <mark.blackman@netscalibur.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on Compaq "EX" with I810E Intel video chip on 4.3 FreeBSD. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109192110500.26662-100000@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <20010919105548.A92427@admin4.dircon.net>
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Mark Blackman wrote: > I think this is a DDC problem. I quote from RELNOTES in X 4.1.0 > Try the "NoDDC" option in your config file. > > 4.8 DDC > > The VESA(R) Display Data Channel (DDC[tm]) standard allows the monitor to > tell the video card (or on some cases the computer directly) about itself; > particularly the supported screen resolutions and refresh rates. > > Partial or complete DDC support is available in most of the video drivers. > DDC is enabled by default, but can be disabled with a "Device" section entry: > Option "NoDDC". We have support for DDC versions 1 and 2; these can be dis- > abled independently with Option "NoDDC1" and Option "NoDDC2". > > At startup the server prints out DDC information from the display, but it > does not yet use it the determine modelines. For some drivers, the X > server's new -configure option uses the DDC information when generating the > config file. > > Changed behavior caused by DDC. Several drivers uses DDC information to set > the screen size and pitch. This can be overridden by explicitly resetting it > to the and non-DDC default value 75 with the -dpi 75 command line option for > the X server, or by specifying appropriate screen dimensions with the "Dis- > playSize" keyword in the "Monitor" section of the config file. > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:48:56PM -0400, Jim Durham wrote: > > Has anyone successfully gotten X to work on a Compaq "EX" > > machine with integrated I810E Intel video chip? > > > > I have tried all suggestions found in email archives and > > I am currently tryihg X 4.1.0 with the "i810" driver. > > > > I have agp support compiled in to the kernel and have /dev/agpgart . > > > > Any attempt to start "X" results in the "black screen of death". > > > > "X -configure" results in same. > > I will give this a try. Unfortunately, I've lost my test machine for a while (it was needed elsewhere), so I can't try it at the moment. What you say makes sense in that I was using a KVM switch and perhaps that prevented the DDC from passing? Thanks much for the reply. -Jim Durham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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