Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:16:40 -0400 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: "Shaun T. Erickson" <ste@smxy.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X configuration for laptop Message-ID: <40ABB298.13870.A66AA606@localhost> In-Reply-To: <40ABE824.6070705@smxy.org>
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On 19 May 2004 at 19:05, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > 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. You can get more information aobut your display via "pciconf -lv" (well, that's how I found out I have a Savage video controller). Look for "display" or "VGA". > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/
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