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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:45:08 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Brock Kreiser <root63@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: need help with Xwindows
Message-ID:  <20011008154508.E498@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <011f01c14fb9$376ba4b0$0500a8c0@brockspc>; from root63@earthlink.net on Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 01:22:19AM -0400
References:  <011f01c14fb9$376ba4b0$0500a8c0@brockspc>

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On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 01:22:19AM -0400, Brock Kreiser wrote:
>     Ok let first state that i am a total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin it except for X.... I no i gotta be doing something wrong someware but cant figure it out.... I'm running 4.4R and vs.3.3.6 of X (Gnome with Enlightment}i got fbsd runnin on a amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card is a Nivida riva TNT2 with 32megs of ram.. My monitor is a gateway ev 500  horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is 50-100....
> i can get x to start but the display is just nasty its either 1 all grey and no pics or the display pixels are so huge and unclear you cant see anything at all...


Install XFree86-4.10 from the ports collection, that's how I got
my TNT2 working. Run the console configuration script and then it
works like a charm.

Edwin

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