Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 12:36:05 -0400 (EDT) From: John Brann <jbrann@brann.org> To: gws@ptd.net (Guy Silliman) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xfree86 Message-ID: <199610201636.MAA14746@doorman.brann.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961020114919.7304A-100000@mgpr.ptd.net> from Guy Silliman at "Oct 20, 96 11:55:44 am"
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Guy Silliman wrote... > could someone point me in the right direction for some help setting up > xwin? I have been trying and failing horribly, with only a 320x200 > default screen display. I have followed the faq instructions and tried > several different configs for my monitor and diamond stealth 3d 2000, but > as I have found this thing is really a pisser to get going. > > thanks for any help > Guy Silliman > mgpr@ptd.net > Hi, Yes, getting X up and running can be a pain. I've done it a few times with different bits of hardware, so I may be able to help, but I'm no guru... Thing 1: You have some sort of natty diamond stealth card, which I know nothing about. Go through the READMEs and the hardware manual to find out what the graphics chip in the card is (S3?) and if the precise card is supported by XFree or if the card can do 100% emulation of some other card which is supported. Thing 2: Get the right server. Probably XF86_S3, if the card isn't supported, you'll be stuck with XF86_VGA16. Thing 3: crank up xf86config Thing 4: If that isn't cooking, e-mail me with the X start-up output and a copy of your XF86Config, and I'll see if I can make anything of it. One of the machines I eventually failed to get going with any sort of worthwhile graphics had a Diamond card in it. They seem to change models about every 20 minutes. That card (some sort of PCI thing) was too new for XFree to have caught up with it, but too old for Diamond to produce NT drivers... :-( Regards, John -- Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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