Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:53:25 -0700 (PDT) From: jeff <iratus@home.com> To: Stefan Peter <stefan@omega.ailab.sztaki.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, iratus@home.com Subject: Re: startx Message-ID: <XFMail.990728095325.iratus@home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9907281754010.2531-100000@omega.ailab.sztaki.hu>
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On 28-Jul-99 Stefan Peter wrote: >> The problem probably is in videomode U've choosen. >> If ur monitor's properties relevant to HSYNC VSYNC >> etc dont agree with those choosen X will fail to start. > But how can I find the proper videomode? I tried the standard, > 640x468x256, this setting should have worked, but it didn't work at all. > Of course when I used startx. And when I configured using /Graphical > X111 config, it was perfect, even in cases of higher resolutions > (1024x768). The graphical screen appeared, without any errors. How it is > possible to preserve these settings for startx. What's the difference > between the /stand/sysinstall's X-server initialization (which works), and > the startx's initialization (which does not)? > >> See ur error log. > (--) ET4000W32: Ramdac speed: 86 > (--) ET4000W32: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 86.000 MHz > (--) ET4000W32: There is no mode definition named "1024x768" > *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.*** > > Which error-log do you mean? The previous is from the xdm-errors. It says > that mode 1024x768 cannot be resolved. But where startx (or xinit, or xdm) > looks for "1024x768" identifier in the file-system. How this information, > 1024x768 is used starting the X-server. > >> try to start xdm in nodaemon mode to see what happened >> in real time. > Unfortunately nothing happened. > > You, see I want to backtrack the resolution of "1024x768". Maybe a file is > missing from somewhere. > > Unfortunately I have no idea, what to do! Absolutely! > > So? > > Cheers, > Peter > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: jeff <iratus@home.com> Date: 28-Jul-99 Time: 09:42:17 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- Hello-This is just a suggestion-kill xdm and working from a standard console go to /usr/X1R6/lib/X11 and run xf86config. I am assuming that you already have the vsync and hsync for your moniter. You will get to the video mode setup screen for each color depth (i.e 8,16,24 and 32 bit color), set the modes for each one as the instructions tell you. For instance, I use 1024x768 w/32 bit color. Once you have completed this you can set the mode you want, based on the color depth you want with a line in the screen section of your /etc/XF86Config file like "DefaultColorDepth 16" (without the quotes) or any other depth your vcard will support. Once this is completed you can test with startx or just restart xdm. Hope this may help some. Jeff Phillips To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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