Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:20:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Khaled Daham <khaled@w-arts.com> To: Robert Bailey <rbailey@indiana.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on alpha 4.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008210913360.91466-100000@master.telia.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000818174243.27218A-100000@iago>
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Robert Bailey wrote: > I've been using RedHat Linux on my alpha 164LX machine and wanted to play > with FreeBSD for the alpha. I installed 4.1-RELEASE via ftp and all seems > well except that when I switch to X Window, none of the window managers > seem to behave correctly. Specifically, dialog boxes appear, but I can't > see any of the dialogs or buttons. Xterm works, but none of the widgets > look right and the docked apps are just black squares. Anyone have an > idea what I have done wrong? Sorry if this is not an appropriate > question for this list. If it's not appropriate here, please let me know > where would be better. I figured the freebsd-questions list seemed to be > intel-centric. I have succesfully used matrox millenium I/II, G200, S3 Virge Trio3D, diamond FireGL 1000 pro with windowmanagers like windowmaker, enlightenment and fvwm2 so the only basic thing I can think of ( since Ive had 0 problem ) is what depth resolution are you using ? ( xwininfo could help ) /Khaled Daham, w.arts Mail: khaled@w-arts.com Cell: +46-70-6785492, +966-54491462 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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