From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 8 13:36:26 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F25A37B401 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 13:36:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from fed1mtao03.cox.net (fed1mtao03.cox.net [68.6.19.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FDA43F93 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 13:36:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from [192.168.1.102] ([68.8.246.96]) by fed1mtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030308213621.VBQC2591.fed1mtao03.cox.net@[192.168.1.102]>; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:36:21 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Matt Navarre To: "Miroslaw J. Wiechowski" Subject: Re: Intel i810e graphic Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 13:39:19 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200303081152.42548.st_albert@gmx.net> <5.2.0.9.2.20030308212506.01e4bec0@mail.bahnhof.se> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030308212506.01e4bec0@mail.bahnhof.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200303081339.19676.mnavarre@cox.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday 08 March 2003 12:45 pm, Miroslaw J. Wiechowski wrote: > Message from Matt Navarre [19:44 2003-03-08]: > >> Section "Device" > > [...] > > >> =09Identifier "Card0" > >> =09Driver "i810" > >> =09VendorName "Intel" > >> =09BoardName "i810" > >> =09BusID "PCI:0:1:0" > >> #=09Option=09"NoDDC" "True" > >> #=09Option=09"NoInt10" "True" > >> =09VideoRam=098192 > >> EndSection > > > >Just as a data point my workstation needs the "Option "NoDDC" "True" l= ine > > to work. you also need agp support in the kernel, either compiled in = or > > loaded as as module. > > > >ok, > >MCN > > Thank you very much for your help. > > I added the NoDDC option. > > First time I got _some_ picture. It's resolution was too low > (800x600), the picture was much too high and moved to the left, > leaving an empty room on the right side of the screen. > > The mouse didn't work properly - it reacted erroneously or did > not react at all. After a while the whole system crashed. > > The next time the system crashed at once and gave a core dump. > > Third attempt: the situation repeats. Wrong picture, wrong > resolution, mouse does not obey... but no crash... > However I have to go to the console and kill X-Windows with > Ctrl-C because I am not able to operate the graphical desktop. You can also kill X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace at the Xwindows desktop. > > > Perhaps the contents of my XF86Config file will help: > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Section "InputDevice" > =09Identifier "Mouse0" > =09Driver "mouse" > =09Option=09 "Protocol" "SysMouse" > =09Option=09 "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > Option "Resolution" "1200" > EndSection I had to goof around with the mouse part of my config to get my Micro$oft= =20 PS/2 intellimouse (Dell branded) to work. here's the relevant section: Section "InputDevice" # Identifier and driver Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psm0" EndSection Are you running moused on the console? That's caused problems for me befo= re. > > Section "Monitor" > =09Identifier "Monitor0" > =09VendorName "Targa" > =09ModelName "TM 1480 Multisync" > HorizSync 15.5 - 38 > VertRefresh 50 - 90 > EndSection Make sure you've got the right specs for your monitor. Things either A) w= on't=20 work or B) go very boom! if they're wrong. > > Section "Device" > =09Identifier "Card0" > =09Driver "i810" > =09VendorName "Intel" > =09BoardName "i810e" > =09BusID "PCI:0:1:0" > VideoRam 25000 > Option "NoDDC" "True" > EndSection hmm, that VideoRam 25000 line looks odd. I'm pretty sure XFree86 wants th= e=20 video ram as a multiple of 1024. In my config file the VideoRam line is=20 commented out. That might be something to try. See if you can find the am= ount=20 of actuall vram used on your system. Here's the section from my Dell OptiPlex GX110: Section "Device" Identifier "intel i810" Driver "i810" Option "NoDDC" #VideoRam 4096 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection > > Section "Screen" > =09Identifier "Screen0" > =09Device "Card0" > =09Monitor "Monitor0" > =09SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > =09EndSubSection > =09SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > =09EndSubSection > EndSection > Another thing to try is getting all your specs (monitor, vram, mouse etc.= ) and=20 using /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config to reconfigure X. (Back up the old=20 /etc/X11/XF86config file first). ok, mcn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message