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Date:      Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:41:34 +0200
From:      Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
To:        Debashis Ghosh <debighosh@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dell Optiplex issue with Free BSD
Message-ID:  <20011018204134.A36385@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <LAW2-F435n00zepDI8N0000aafa@hotmail.com>; from debighosh@hotmail.com on Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:45:09AM %2B0800
References:  <LAW2-F435n00zepDI8N0000aafa@hotmail.com>

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Hi,

On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:45:09AM +0800, Debashis Ghosh wrote:
> I have 2 Dell Optiplex GX150 desktops....specs are Pentium 3 @ 1Ghz , 512 MB 
> RAM and Intel 815 Chipset with 20 GB HDD. I was running Red Hat Linux 7.1 on 
> one of them and it runs XWindows without issues. I am running FreeBSD on the 
> other box....although FreeBSD is a lot faster than Linux I have a major 
> issue....I cannot get X Windows to work on the Free BSD box.... I have tried 
> all the possible solutions that I could find on the web.... I upgraded the X 
> Windows version, loaded the agpgart module and even tried the patch given on 
> the Intel website.... however X windows refuses to work. I can get XF86 to 
> work only in one mode generic SVGA....that wouldn't have been so bad but the 
> problem is the screen resolution is limited to only 600 x 480 ...... that is 
> too small a desktop for my requirements....any attempt to change the 
> resolution causes the XF86 server to crash.
> 
> I am at a loss how to fix this.....Any help will be highly appreciated.

Attached is my XF86Config file for my Dell Optiplex GX115 (an earlier model
than yours?), which also has an i815e.

You need the line

device          agp

in your kernel configuration, or alternatively do

$ kldload agp

before you startx.

HTH,

--Stijn

-- 
I have great faith in fools -- self confidence my friends call it.
		-- Edgar Allan Poe

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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"PCWIN002"
	Screen		0 "Screen" 0 0
	InputDevice	"Mouse" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice	"Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath		"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"xie"
	Load	"pex5"
	Load	"GLcore"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"ddc"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"Protocol" "Auto"
	Option		"Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option		"Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Intel i815e"
	Driver		"i810"
	VideoRam	16384
	Option		"NoDDC"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Philips Brilliance 109P"
	HorizSync	30-111
	VertRefresh	50-160
	ModeLine   "256x224"  12.06  256  264  280  304  224  224  225  247
	ModeLine   "256x240"  13.25  256  264  280  312  240  240  241  265
	ModeLine   "288x224"  12.75  288  292  340  352  224  228  230  236
	ModeLine   "292x240"  14.95  292  304  328  352  240  240  241  265
	ModeLine   "320x200"  12.59  320  336  384  400  200  204  205  225
	ModeLine   "320x224"  12.75  320  324  372  388  224  228  230  236
	ModeLine   "320x240"  12.59  320  340  388  396  240  257  258  298
	ModeLine   "336x240"  20.78  336  352  432  464  240  242  254  280
	ModeLine   "360x256"  18.00  360  364  412  444  256  260  266  270
	ModeLine   "360x288"  20.00  360  364  412  444  288  292  298  302
	ModeLine   "384x224"  21.62  384  400  480  512  224  226  238  264
	ModeLine   "384x240"  22.93  384  400  480  512  240  242  254  280
	ModeLine   "400x224"  22.30  400  416  496  528  224  226  238  264
	ModeLine   "400x256"  25     400  416  496  528  256  258  270  296
	ModeLine   "400x300"  25     400  424  488  520  300  319  322  333
	ModeLine   "480x300"  29.95  480  504  584  624  300  319  322  333
	ModeLine   "512x384"  25.00  512  516  580  632  384  385  388  400
	ModeLine   "640x240"  31.50  640  644  708  788  240  244  246  254
	ModeLine   "640x400"  63.43  640  672  752  896  400  400  403  442
	ModeLine   "672x240"  31.50  672  676  740  820  240  244  246  254
	ModeLine  "1024x768" 157.10 1024 1104 1296 1656  768  768  772  824
	ModeLine "1488x1116" 161.84 1488 1608 1928 1992 1116 1118 1130 1168
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier  "Screen"
	Device      "Intel i815e"
	Monitor     "Philips Brilliance 109P"
	DefaultDepth 16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 16
		Modes "1488x1116" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "672x240" "640x480" "640x400" "640x240" "512x384" "480x300" "400x300" "400x256" "400x224" "384x240" "384x224" "360x288" "360x256" "336x240" "320x240" "320x224" "320x200" "292x240" "288x224" "256x240" "256x224"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

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