Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:44:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: bsd@sleve.mailshell.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfree86 Config Problems Message-ID: <20030623013832.N784@njamn8or.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <1056346788.3ef692a45a56c@www.mailshell.com> References: <1056346788.3ef692a45a56c@www.mailshell.com>
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 bsd@sleve.mailshell.com wrote: > http://cgisleve.tripod.com/bsd/xfreebad.html is a web page of this info. > > XFree86 Configuration Problems > by Steve LeBlanc =A9 2003.6.22 > Installed FreeBSD for first time. Text login was fine. NIC worked. Did a= telnet and ftp to computers on the Internet. All seemed to work except for= configuring XFree86. No screen found when I did startx. Below are the deta= ils: > > The full commented files: XF86Config.txt and XFreelog.txt > > Settings > XFree86 Ver:4.2.1 (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 3 September 2002 > Motherboard: ECS K7S5A, 40GB drive, 256 Ram > OS: FreeBSD 5.0 RELEASE > Video: S3 Savage2000 (generic) 64MB, 3D > Monitor: Cornea MT1700 17" LCD H: 31.5-80, V: 56-75 > > > After install I tried both: xf86cfg -textmode and xf86config to > reconfigure. I read the docs deeply and redid this 15 times, using the > various command line tools. Each of the last 10 times, I typed in my > settings and selected my Graphics card from the list. I just can't get > startx to work. Below are my XF86Config file and my XFree log file, with > comments removed. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found Check the handbook: 5.4.2 Configuring XFree86 4.X Configuration of XFree86 4.X is a multi-step process. The first step is = to build an initial configuration file with the -configure option to XFree8= 6. As the super user, simply run: # XFree86 -configure Cheers, Viktor
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