From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 2 01:52:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 354CE16A41F for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 01:52:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F34C213C45A for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 01:52:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 12990 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2007 20:52:04 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (210.84.50.231) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 1 Jul 2007 20:52:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 11:51:59 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Nikola Lecic Message-ID: <20070702115159.5077e9f2@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200706300147.l5U1l8SY028546@smtpclu-6.eunet.yu> References: <200706280821.20541.dmares.spam@free.fr> <200706281135.l5SBZQx4010922@smtpclu-4.eunet.yu> <200706292138.46621.dmares.spam@free.fr> <200706300147.l5U1l8SY028546@smtpclu-6.eunet.yu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Marec , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg failed to run on old PC. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:52:04 -0000 ( guys, i still don't see how this relatest to -ports@.... but i wont move it again to questions@) On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:46:59 +0200 Nikola Lecic wrote: > According to this, you asked your Xorg to start with 800x600 and colour > depth of 8, which it tried without errors this time. Well, all I can > say is that you should try to upgrade to Xorg-7.2 (it is even faster > on older hardware -- and all those "exceeds DDC maximum 0MHz" shouldn't > be in your log AFAIK) right, i *think* that may be because your monitor doesnt support DDC, it reports '0Mhz'. are you using a KVM, by any chance? I *strongly* suggest you get X working without the KVM first, and then try with KVM. of course, you may have to par down your config, as your kvm may not support higher resolutions (well, i doubt it in the case of this old pc...) > or to somehow check your memory, as Norberto has > already suggested (that's why I cc him). memtest86+ , available in different forms - knoppix usually has a 2nd boot option to run it. you may also try the 'ultimate boot cd'. > > (And maybe that I once experienced that the mouse had caused similarly > weird situation, so you can try to disconnect it or to add Option > "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" in ServerFlags section.) interesting, thanks for the hint. :) B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." Mark Twain I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.