From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 28 5:23:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c004.sfo.cp.net (c004-h015.c004.sfo.cp.net [209.228.14.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AEEF737B400 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 05:23:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 25954 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2000 05:23:08 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO oemcomputer) (196.7.178.79) by smtp.namezero.com (209.228.14.102) with SMTP; 28 Nov 2000 05:23:08 -0800 X-Sent: 28 Nov 2000 13:23:08 GMT Message-ID: <000301c05935$9cc0e580$4fb207c4@oemcomputer> From: "Chris Grant" To: Subject: I cant get X to run in the correct screen resolution Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:18:32 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01C05885.4D93CB40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C05885.4D93CB40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To whoever can help I have version 4.0-Stable of FreeBSD and apon installing it onto my 500 = Celeron (Compaq Presario) I encountered a problem when configuring X through Xfree86 (I think its called) My Display card = is the following: Intel 810 Chipset Graphics Driver (DC100) or that is at least what Winblows is telling me at the moment and it = seems to be runing fine through winblows. When I got into Xfree86 the resolution was fine and I continued to setup = my Card by selecting from the list the Intel ??? Generic since I noticed that my videocard wasn't in the list, I then went to = setup my screen and selected one of the 1024 x 768 screens (the one matching my screen) I then went to select a resolution of 1024 = x 768, when my X server tried to restart it went into the resolution of 320 x 400, I then tried to use the resolution of 800 x 600 = and still it went back into 320 x 400. Do you perhaps know what I'm doing wrong? This is my first time trying to install FreeBSD, I have managed to = install quite a few distrobutions of Linux onto my machine, i.e Linux Mandrake, Corel (yuck) and my GUI / X would run fine. I know that = its me not understanding this whole Xfree86 setup, so could you please tell me where Im going wrong? Thanks, Yours Faithfully Chris Grant (admin@nemasis.org) ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C05885.4D93CB40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
To whoever can help
 
I have version 4.0-Stable of FreeBSD = and apon=20 installing it onto my 500 Celeron (Compaq Presario) I encountered a=20 problem
when configuring X through Xfree86 (I = think its=20 called) My Display card is the following: Intel 810 Chipset Graphics = Driver=20 (DC100)
or that is at least what Winblows is = telling me at=20 the moment and it seems to be runing fine through winblows.
 
When I got into Xfree86 the resolution = was fine and=20 I continued to setup my Card by selecting from the list the Intel ???=20 Generic
since I noticed that my videocard = wasn't in the=20 list, I then went to setup my screen and selected one of the 1024 x 768=20 screens
(the one matching my screen) I then = went to select=20 a resolution of 1024 x 768, when my X server tried to restart it went = into=20 the
resolution of 320 x 400, I then tried = to use the=20 resolution of 800 x 600 and still it went back into 320 x 400. Do you = perhaps=20 know
what I'm doing wrong?
This is my first time trying to install = FreeBSD, I=20 have managed to install quite a few distrobutions of Linux onto my = machine,=20 i.e
Linux Mandrake, Corel (yuck) and my GUI = / X would=20 run fine. I know that its me not understanding this whole Xfree86 setup, = so
could you please tell me where Im going = wrong?
 
Thanks, Yours=20 Faithfully
Chris Grant (admin@nemasis.org)
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