From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 17 12: 9: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rm-rstar.sfu.ca (rm-rstar.sfu.ca [142.58.120.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E5CC37B43C for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:08:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tmchow@sfu.ca) Received: from fraser.sfu.ca (tmchow@fraser.sfu.ca [142.58.101.25]) by rm-rstar.sfu.ca (8.10.1/8.10.1/SFU-5.0H) with ESMTP id f3HJ8pl05635; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:08:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (tmchow@localhost) by fraser.sfu.ca (8.9.2/8.9.2/SFU-5.0C) with ESMTP id MAA06353; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:08:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: fraser.sfu.ca: tmchow owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:08:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Trevin Chow To: "Michael O'Henly" Cc: , Cecilia Hamburger Subject: Re: XFree86-4 / 3.3.6 impossible to configure In-Reply-To: <01041709172900.23087@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I used xf86config and I'm still having problems with my resolution adn refresh rates. I even entered the correct horizontal and vertical sync ranges but my resolution is garbled at 800x600 and only runs visibly at 1024x768.. a bit of a problem since I'm using a 15" monitor. With a resolution that high (and still not using the best refresh rate) I feel that I'm on the brink of seizures. On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Michael O'Henly wrote: > Hi... > > I also had trouble with the new configuration utility in XFree86-4.0.3 and > never did get it working properly. (It started up at a miniscule resolution > and did not seem able to save the values I entered.) So I gritted my teeth > and used "xf86config" at the command line. > > Quite honestly, xf86config is not that difficult to use provided you know a > bit about your display card and monitor. In particular, you should check the > monitor's documentation for horizontal and vertical scan rates. They may be > noted as a range (mine were 30-95Hz and 50-180Hz). You should also know how > much video RAM your display adapter has. I think the only thing you can't do > with xf86config is geometry, size, and position adjustments. > > M. > > On Tuesday 17 April 2001 08:02, Cecilia Hamburger wrote: > > > Hi, I'm using freebsd-4.3-rc on a dual pentium > > III-550, with 512 mb of ram, cirrus logic gd5480 and a > > non-interlaced 14' hansol mazellan monitor. > > I installed Xfree86-4, from ports, but, i want to able > > to configure, because, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY, xfree86 > > team changed XF86Setup (excellent tool) to XFree86 > > -configure, and it doesnt work...so, it's imposible to > > configure the server (the other tool, xf86config, dont > > work neither). > > -- > Michael O'Henly > TENZO Design > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message