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Date:      Tue, 25 May 1999 17:55:10 -0700
From:      "Johnny F. Morris" <johnny@tds.color-laser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: XF86 - Gray screen
Message-ID:  <199905252255.RAA23456@venus.hiline.net>
In-Reply-To: <000701bea700$18257860$f9a3f9cf@megared.net.mx>
References:  <199905252239.RAA22521@venus.hiline.net>

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I've already tried that...nothing happens.

Johnny

At 05:44 PM 5/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>    You should try cntrl_alt_+ and cntrl_alt_-, (plus and minus signs) these
>will change your resolution.
>
>Ales
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Johnny F. Morris <johnny@tds.color-laser.com>
>To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:39 PM
>Subject: XF86 - Gray screen
>
>
>> I've recently installed XFree86 and thought I had everything set correctly
>> but apparently not.
>> When I launch X the screen turns gray, the mouse begins working but
>nothing
>> ever comes
>> up on the monitor.
>>
>> I think I have my monitor settings correct.
>> HorizSync 30 - 66
>> VertRefresh 50 - 120
>> and several different modelines are available.
>>
>> Is there an error log for X I can check?
>>
>> BTW...when I ran the xf86config program it went fine and at the end popped
>> up a window saying
>> "Congratulations...your server is running"  but after I exit from that and
>> then try to actually start
>> the X program it just goes into that gray limbo mode and I end up
>> cntrl+alt+bkspce after waiting
>> several minutes.
>>
>> Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
>> Johnny
>>
>>
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