Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 01:45:08 -0400 From: "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net> To: "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HElp with X windows Message-ID: <001a01c14fbc$66860670$0500a8c0@brockspc> References: <001001c14fbc$485fac00$0500a8c0@brockspc>
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From: Brock Kreiser=20
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Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 1:44 AM
Hey all,
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...
for the vid card selection i tried the nvidia riva tnt2(generic) also =
tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to work... I did have it =
working the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed something up severly =
and i ended up formating and starting all over again (what can i say =
Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook and even the =
complete fbsd book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more =
thing the one time i did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my vid =
card was # 362 which now is 466 how that happen i will never no but =
thats one of those lovely things about computers i guess..=20
someone please help me!!!!!!!!!
if you need more info just let me no!!!!! like i said before im just a =
newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Ok let first state =
that i am a=20
total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin it except for X.... I no i =
gotta be=20
doing something wrong someware but cant figure it out.... I'm running=20
4.4R and vs.3.3.6 of X (Gnome with Enlightment}i got =
fbsd=20
runnin on a amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card is a Nivida =
riva=20
TNT2 with 32megs of ram.. My monitor is a gateway ev =
500=20
horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is =
50-100....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i can get x to start but the display =
is just=20
nasty its either 1 all grey and no pics or the display pixels are =
so huge=20
and unclear you cant see anything at all...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for the vid card selection i tried =
the nvidia=20
riva tnt2(generic) also tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get =
it to=20
work... I did have it working the first time i ran fbsd but then i =
messed=20
something up severly and i ended up formating and starting all over =
again=20
(what can i say Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook =
and even=20
the complete fbsd book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 =
more=20
thing the one time i did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my =
vid card=20
was # 362 which now is 466 how that happen i will never no but thats =
one of=20
those lovely things about computers i guess.. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>someone please help =
me!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>if you need more info just let me =
no!!!!! like i=20
said before im just a newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)=20
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