Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:13:58 -0600 From: Bob <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: heinous X and this blasted laptop Message-ID: <3C5A3226.2D2AE46D@earthlink.net> References: <20020131234721.T34511-200000@serv1.wallnet.com> <20020201052746.GE3088@raggedclown.net>
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This is the third time I'm trying to send this... (problems of my own :-) ) Hope it gets through in time to be of some use... For reference, here's a bit of your startx output: XF86Config: /root/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) XKB: model: "pc101" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) Mouse: type: SysMouse, device: /dev/mouse, resolution: 100 (**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms) (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" (--) SVGA: PCI: ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF rev 2, Memory @ 0xf8000000, MMIO @ 0xfdffc000, I/O @ 0xec00 (--) SVGA: chipset: generic (--) SVGA: videoram: 64k (--) SVGA: clocks: 25.18 (**) SVGA: 16bpp not supported for this chipset *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.*** The first thing I noticed was the "16bpp not supported..." Just for a quick-and-dirty-fix _attempt_, you might want to lower the DefaultDepth in the "Screen" section of your XF86Config file. But........ then I noticed that you have a Rage 128 chip. (I have one, too.) That chip will handle much more color depth; it's the SVGA driver that won't do it. I'm sorry that I can't remember the details (though a few hours of searching Google will help you, there...), but I finally learned that I wasn't ever goin to get the performance tha chip offers, using XF86 v3.3.6. I d/l'd version 4 and it worked like a dream. It comes wih a new "ati" driver whch was installed automagically. Only real drawback that I remember (and my memory is failing in my middle age... :-) ) was that the default ordre of screen resolutions was from low-to-high -- so the scren that came up when I started X was 640x480. So, I just reversed the orders of the "Modes" lines in the "Display" subsections -- problem solved. Oh, yes, that reminds me of another potential problem I saw. Even though the driver detected my monitor correctly (the model number in the config file was right, anyway...), the probes turned up some high-res modes that would have overclocked my display, according to my manual. Watch for that, unless you're experimenting with turning laptops into high-end toasters. ;-) Hope this helps. - Bob Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:07:49AM -0500, Tim Kellers wrote: > > > > Another evening down the dumper, I fear... > > > > Man, do I miss the VGA XF86Setup utility, but, now, I'm not sure even it > > would help. I built XFree86 from ports, and I assumed --I'm quite sure-- > > it is the 3.x flavor, not 4.x. I was surprised (still am) that the GUI > > config is not part of the distribution --I thought the GUI-less config was > > a feature of 4.x. > > > Couldn't you use X-4, and use a generic SVGA setting ? > Maybe ? > Mach64 ? I thought that was one that didn't get on the ark.. > > -- > Regards > Cliff > > 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
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