From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 4 08:55:31 2005 Return-Path: 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 CCFF916A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:55:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F9443D1F for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:55:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j248tTQc021782 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:55:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j248tRmR088204 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:55:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j248tRNi088203 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:55:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:55:26 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20050304085526.GA88144@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Subject: any ideas why these xorg hassles??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:55:31 -0000 Guys, Here's the story XFree-4 vs xorg. I have 4 platforms on a KVM so every machine uses the same tube. With XFree, my 3 FBSD systems had a flawless 1280x1024 display. With xorg, on my E-machines (ATI-Rage- 4M Video) the screen quivers. On my HP Kayak (Matrox II 8M) the display is steady but the tube is complaining "INVALID SYNC". The CRT is a high-end Hitachi. I got the exact specs for both the horiz and vert hertz ranges. Before, I was just close. Now everything is dead-on. Another couple things. With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth' to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16. If I do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails. (It "tries" to' initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.) Can anyone clue me in on howto get back to XFree on both systems? I know about make.conf, but what should I pkg_delete? thanks for any help, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix