From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 18:23:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C2216A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 18:23:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from p1028-ipbffx02marunouchi.tokyo.ocn.ne.jp (p1028-ipbffx02marunouchi.tokyo.ocn.ne.jp [220.111.132.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A65043D48 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 18:23:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lukek@meibin.net) Received: (qmail 76563 invoked by uid 89); 7 Apr 2004 01:21:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.10.8?) (192.168.10.8) by 192.168.20.5 with SMTP; 7 Apr 2004 01:21:08 -0000 Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:21:25 +0900 From: Luke Kearney To: In-Reply-To: <20040407011511.VZBJ26615.mta9.adelphia.net@BoothLaptop> References: <20040407011511.VZBJ26615.mta9.adelphia.net@BoothLaptop> Message-Id: <20040407101845.AD6A.LUKEK@meibin.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.07.01 Subject: Re: XFree86 Install Monitor and Card for Sony Laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 01:23:32 -0000 On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:15:09 -0400 "Craig Booth" spake thus: > During the initial SYSINSTALL setup of Xfree86 on my Sony VAIO PCG-FRV27 > laptop under FreeBSD 4.9, the setup goes through the configuration menus, > then says it failed and do I want to try again. I exited SYSINSTALL and ran > the config option on XFree86, finding out that the generated log shows that > its erroring out on the Monitor/Video Card initialization. I can't find a > monitor in the database that matches my ATI Radion IGP345M PCI monitor, and > none of the display settings specifically match my 800/600 60 hz + 1028/768 > 60 hz setting. One display setting had 800/600 76 hz + 1028/768 60 hz > setting, and that was the closest one so I tried it. I also tried VGA as > the monitor, but it stilled failed. > > > > What monitor, card and display settings should use? Sony should have specification information on their website, note down specifically the vert and horizontal frequencies and the graphic adaptor make and model and you should be OK to go. It is unlikely that you will get the settings correct first time without this exact information. HTH LukeK -- Luke Kearney