Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 17:54:44 -0500 From: syntax <syntax@eramp.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfree86 configuration on a Compaq Presario CDS 524 Message-ID: <3214FC34.2781E494@eramp.net> References: <m0upnYh-000A5kC@zeus> <320EC32D.41C67EA6@eramp.net>
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Hiya, I'm helping a young man in Australia try and get his X windows working and was hoping you all could see if you could help. Here is the letter I sent him. All he gets is a blank screen on running startx. > I'll go screen by screen: > > 1. The first screen is just garbage so hit return. > > 2. I'm not sure which mouse Compaq supplies. Look on the underside > and see if it says Logitech. Logitech mice also always have 3 buttons. > At this point it doesn't matter since we can fix this later and the > most trouble it will cause is your mouse not working in X windows. > > 3. For chordmiddle answer y no matter what mouse you have. > > 4. For Emulate3Buttons if you only have a 2 button mouse then enter y > if a three button mouse enter n. > > 5. For the device your mouse uses, I'm assuming that like most Compaq's > your mouse is com1 and your modem is com2 so it should be /dev/ttyd0 > > 6. For bindings on alt keys answer y. > > 7. OK this is the most important screen, and the one you are having > problems with. This is how I did mine: > I choose 11 > Then I entered 31.5,37.5,37.8 Compaq gave him the specs. 31.5,37.5,35.5 so he used those instead. > > 8. Vertical sync. should be 50-100 so choose 3. > > 9. OK on the next 3 questions it doesn't matter how you answer but > using something you will recognize later helps. > Try these or something similar: > Identifier for monitor: Presario > Vender: Compaq > Model name: 524 > > 10. To look at database enter y. > > 11. Choose 25. He has the Cirus card specified in 25. > > 12. For card identifier accept what they suggest. > > 13. OK this next screen will tell you what server you should run. Here > is a part I really dislike about FreeBSD's install. If the card > recommends a server you haven't installed then you will need to go back > and install it. Otherwise accept the default of 5. > It looks like you will want the XF86_SVGA for your card. > > 14. For the symbolic link answer y > > 15. OK the next screen is asking how much memory you have on your video > card. 512k=.5 meg. Do you really have that little? Most cards today > I assumed came with at least 1 meg.=1024k but you know best. > > 16. Just hit enter for clock chip setting. > > 17. If your card, when you specified it, told you to not run > "-probeonly" then don't, otherwise run it later. For now just hit enter. > > 18. OK on this screen I never accept the defaults. Do this: > Choose 1 then enter 432 > Do the same with 2 and 3 > Then choose 4 > > What this does is sets your X windows to try and run in 1024x768 mode > first, then try 800x600, finally try 640x480. That maybe a little off, > it has been a while but we can adjust all these numbers later. > > 19. Choose n, we don't want a link to /etc/XF86Config. > > 20. Choose y, we do want a link to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config. > > OK now for the big test. Exit back to your normal prompt and enter > the command: startx > > If your screen goes blank and doesn't come back to the prompt we are > getting close :) Of course if it works even better. > > If the screen is blank then try this: > Hold down your ctrl and alt keys together and hit the + sign on the > number pad. USE THE NUMBER PAD + NOT THE ONE ON THE TOP ROW OF YOUR > KEYBOARD. > > If this doesn't cycle you into a usuable screen then we are not defeated > yet. Press the ctrl, alt, backspace key all together and hopefully this > will get you back to your normal prompt. If this doesn't then you will > need to just reset the computer. > > Now there are two things you can do. This is what I would do: > > Call compaq and tell them the model number on your monitor. Tell them > you need the exact horizotal sync. spects. You don't want a range from > them unless their monitor will work on any number in that range, > because X windows is very exacting on these specs. > > See, when your machine tried to run X windows but gave you a blank > screen it meant that everything was right except the horz. sync. > > Once, you get these numbers login as root and: > cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > then edit the XF86Config file, find a line like: > > HorizSync 31.5,37.5.37.8 > > and edit it putting in the numbers from Compaq. > > If you don't like this method you can just go through the X > configuration again. > > The second, and more risky method is to start guessing at the horiz. > sync., but this is not recommended. > > After all this is done and X windows if working, if your mouse is not > working then in the same file edit the the line under Section "Pointer" > > A microsoft mouse will say: > Protocol "Microsoft" > > A logitech mouse will say: > Protocol "Logitech" > > Hope this helps. Let me know. If I made anything to vague point me to > it and I'll try to be clearer. After you have X windows working then > we'll work on getting it set up in a way you like it. > Thanks in advance for any responses, I'd really like to see him get the full pleasure of FreeBSD. syntax@eramp.net
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