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Date:      Fri, 04 Mar 2005 01:34:31 -0800
From:      "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
Subject:   Re: any ideas why these xorg hassles???
Message-ID:  <200503040134.33418.ringworm01@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050304085526.GA88144@thought.org>
References:  <20050304085526.GA88144@thought.org>

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On Friday 04 March 2005 12:55 am, Gary Kline wrote:
> 	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?

I'm running portmanager on a test system to see if it is able to
switch between XFree86 and xorg, if it is all you need due is make the 
change in make.conf then run portmanager -u.  I'll know in an hour or 
so the results.

-Mike



>
> 	thanks for any help,
>
> 	gary



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