From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 28 05:11:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B61716A404 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:11:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (smtp-out.fcibroadband.com [64.119.104.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C85F213C47E for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-in1.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391D61B1BDF; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:11:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp-out1 ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with SMTP id 20324-06; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:11:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [66.146.156.71]) by smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2B01B1B1A; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:11:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45BC3068.6030503@bobmc.net> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:11:04 -0500 From: bobmc User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: BrendaBPowers@aol.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 won't run with ATI RADEON X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:11:15 -0000 BrendaBPowers@aol.com wrote: > Hello: > > I am new to Unix and purchased a copy of FreeBSD 5.2.1 from Fry's to begin > learning. FreeBSD is used at my work and I wish to learn the OS myself. Perhaps this is a political situation where person(s) at work who already have BSD skills do not have the time to help or the organization structure makes that unfeasible. Anyway, your initiative is commendable. > After installation the 'startx' command will not start the GUI KDE. I get an > error message ' no screens found'. > Assuming you have created an account for yourself, create a ".xinitrc" file in your directory with:- X & exec startkde .. but the X server must be configured first from the root account. > I have tried all the combinations of horizontal-vertical sync that are within > the range of my monitor but all fail. What do you mean by fail? It could be distorted display or none at all. Try as root:- X -configure #creates a file prints on the console cd # root directory X -config xorg.conf.new If you can't move an X on the screeen with a mouse. Hit ctrl-alt-backspace and try a change in xorg.conf.new - in section Screen enter - DefaultDepth 24 - in subsection Display under Depth 24 enter Modes "1280x1024" If ok, cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Since I am completely new to Unix I do not know how to send you the log file. > > That's ok, because X creates a big file > I found that with Suse, if I installed > at the lowest resolution the OS would resolve the problem during the first boot > and reset the resolution to the max. size. FreeBSD does not do this. > > Can anyone help? > Brenda Powers > Results depend upon the combination of your video card and monitor. Recent Linux distributions feature a lot of scripts and daemon programs to figure out all these combinations. BSD stays relatively baggage-free by asking you to do a few manual procedures which are usually straight-forward. -BobMc-