Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:00:21 +0000 From: Mick Walker <mwalker@codegurus.org> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Configuring X [Fixed] Message-ID: <1105988421.2431.18.camel@codegurus.org> In-Reply-To: <A95E24C61BD9D611AF6200080255E43A0BD6AF8A@CAPITAEMAIL02> References: <A95E24C61BD9D611AF6200080255E43A0BD6AF8A@CAPITAEMAIL02>
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On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 13:07 +0000, Walker, Michael wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having a real problem setting up X under FreeBSD 5.3 on a Acer > Travelmate 280 laptop. > The laptop uses the Intel onboard i810 video controller, I know Xorg has > issues with this controller from past experience, so I added the necessary > line to my /etc/make.conf and proceeded to build XFree86-4. (My ports tree > is updated as of yesterday afternoon) > > However I can't seem to find a useable mode, when I try to configure X using > "xf86cfg -textmode" I select the appropriate values, and run the test it > specifies, the test works great, I get a plain screen with nothing on it, > and the mouse (touchpad in this case) is working perfectly, but the > resolution is low, it looks less than 800x600 to be honest. > If I try to "startx" at any depth setting the screen just goes black and > locks up, I cant return to the console, and ctrl+alt+del does not restart X. > I have to turn the machine off and back on manually, which results in the > boot up sequence complaining about things not being correctly unmounted. > > I have used XFree86 on this laptop before, however that was using FreeBSD > 5.2.1 and it worked fine. And it also works fine on my desktop machine (that > to has a Intel i810 controller) > Does anyone have any ideas where in my setup I am going wrong, or have a > working XF86Config file for their Intel video controller. > > Regards > > Mick Walker > NAAFI Finance International Just to update people, I managed to solve my issues by going into my system BIOS and changing my video memory from 1mb to 8mb. Thanks to all who replied.
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