Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:05:08 -0400 From: "Shaun T. Erickson" <ste@smxy.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: X configuration for laptop Message-ID: <40ABE824.6070705@smxy.org>
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I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a laptop, for the first time. The OS install went fine. But I don't know what to do to configure X. It's an almost 4 year old "Dell Lattitude CPx J750GT". The video controller is an "ATI M1", with 8 MB of memory. Looking up my spcific system on the Dell support site, it's display is described as an "Liquid Crystal Display, TFT, 14.1, CRNA, Samsung", Dell part# 4564E. I skipped X configuration, during the install. As root, I ran "XFree86 -configure" to generate a config file, and tested it with "XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new", which worked just as the handbook said it should. I do not know what values to use to set the HorizSync, VertRefresh, Depth or Modes. I did try running "/stand/sysinstall" and going to the X setup section. Trying the graphical setup causes the system to lock up. I have previously run Red Hat 9 on this system and X worked ok on it, right up until I erased it yesterday, so I believe there are no hardware issues. I suppose I should have looked at it's X settings, but I neglected to do so before blowing it away ... -ste
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