From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 13:16:52 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 318FC37B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C1643FBD for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:16:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a050.otenet.gr [212.205.215.50]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h13LGVig018567; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:16:33 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h13LGUQf071095; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:16:30 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h13LGU4M071078; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:16:30 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:16:30 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Jan Grant Cc: Ruben de Groot , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem installing 5.0 on Libretto Message-ID: <20030203211630.GA1903@gothmog.gr> References: <20030203162802.GA78926@ei.bzerk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2003-02-03 17:13, Jan Grant wrote: > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Ruben de Groot wrote: > > While trying to install 5.0-RELEASE on my Toshiba Libretto, I > > encountered the following problem: > [...] > > 5-RC1 went on a libretto (net install) flawlessly. It actually surprised > me somewhat - I'd started off looking for a linux distro because I > assumed that someone must've done the legwork already. > > (The only issue I really have with it is that the newer X neomagic > driver is "smart enough" to "know" that 800x480 isn't a valid resolution > - at least, that's what it claims in the logs.) FWIW, I've always found the following page very useful in setting up XFree86 with custom resolutions & refresh rates: http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines -Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message