Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:35:56 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Enigma <thaenigma03@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On-Board video card configuration. Message-ID: <44438BAC.9040505@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV989E562655DB742B11EC1B8C70@phx.gbl> References: <BAY102-DAV989E562655DB742B11EC1B8C70@phx.gbl>
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Enigma wrote: >I am fairly new to FreeBSD, and I have been having problems with my >IBM Aptiva 2196-24A in getting the on-board video card configured with >freeBSD. So i can run X window system at a decent resolution. All i can >get to work is Standard VGA driver at 640x800 at 8bit. I have had this >card working properly (win2k, ubuntu) so it is fully operational. The >on-board chipset is SiS 540, and due to freeBSD not supporting this with >options in the config menu, how can i go about setting it up to work? > > In no particular order, what about: 1. Tell us more about what you've tried. 2. Post your configuration file. 3. Read the documentation at the Xorg site, or the manpage(s). 4. Peruse /var/log/Xorg.*log files for clues. 5. Xorg -configure ? To hazard a guess, I'd suggest defining the proper Sync and Refresh rates for your monitor and setting up a better "screens" block with a higher resolution and bit depth. Here's part of one of my configuration files: -------------------------------------------------------- Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "ProView" ModelName "760N" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 35.0 - 70.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0 EndSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" Modes "1600x1200" Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection --------------------------------------------------------- HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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