Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 07:32:08 +0200 From: "Thomas Widlundh" <tw@ettnet.se> To: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> Cc: "freeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help please! Still Problems with XFree86 -configure on FreeBSD 4.6 -release Message-ID: <012a01c22253$113b8ae0$80056dd4@chappe2> References: <00b101c22227$a54c38a0$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net>
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----- Original Message ----- >From: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> >I've been struggling with this problem nearly every waking hour since late >Saturday night. >I'm a newbie to running Unix, so please bear with me. I just installed >FreeBSD for the first time Saturday night. >I'm using FreeBSD 4.6 -release and XFree86 4.2.0 >I'm using an AOpen NVidia GeForce 3 Ti200 card with 128MB of DDR RAM, which >XFree86.org claims is supported by version 4.2.0 > >Is anyone using a video card like mine successfully? > >I cannot configure XFree86 with any of these commands: >XFree86 -configure >xf86cfg >X -configure ------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, The configure command is xf86config (note the size of the characters). You can try to use xf98config as well. They are both residing in /usr/X11R6/bin. They will write and save the XF86Config file. Otherwise you can config X from the install CD with /stand/sysinstall and choose the X86Config option (I don't recall the exact name of the option). Note: I've noted that X is extremely sensitive about i.e. the mouse protocol. The wrong protocol and X will not start. This is about PS/2, IMPS/2 and so on, so try different protocols. See: man XF86Config. You'll have to do all this as root of course. You can edit XF86Config (in /etc) directly with the editor vi, and change i.e. the protocol, and then directly try to start X to see if it worked. You.ll have to know how to use vi. Se: man vi. I think there is a tutor as well. But first you are recommended to copy the (/etc/)XF86Config to e.g. XF86Config-orig, or something with: cp XF86Config XF86Config-orig If you mess up XF86Config after a lot of tries and changes, you can make a new fresh one from the *-orig by cp XF86Config-orig XF86Config You can log in as root as soon as the OS started. Then you can log in as root again after Alt+F2. You can then switch between Atl+F1 and Alt+F2, editing X in Alt+F1 and read the man in Alt+F2. It's like two separate computers in a way. God luck, Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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