From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 29 09:27:56 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 9E56716A4CE for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:27:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.rtc.ro (mail.rtc.ro [212.93.139.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D77D43D53 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:27:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cristi.tauber@sbhost.ro) Received: (qmail 27031 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2004 12:15:24 +0300 Received: from unknown (HELO sbhost.ro) (212.93.139.11) by mail.rtc.ro with SMTP; 29 Aug 2004 12:15:24 +0300 Message-ID: <4131A0E8.902A73@sbhost.ro> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 12:24:56 +0300 From: Cristi Tauber X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <41316394.6090905@secure-computing.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro 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: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:27:56 -0000 Hello there, i have the same problem with an older Toshiba Satellite version (4090 CDS). I ignore the error, just like you said, i go to install a windows manager, i choose GNOME, press enter to install but it does nothing, same thing happens with any manager i choose. Since it was a fresh instalation of 5.2.1 i started again (i thought i misseg someting) and after install base system i choose to install GNOME and KDE ... and after install ... the X server failed like the previous attempts with the error just like Vaughan Moore's. I mention that Slackware 10.0 with Gnome 2.6 runs smoothly. Cristi. Eric F Crist wrote: > Vaughan Moore wrote: > > > I'm a complete newbie and I'm trying to set up X server on a Toshiba > > Satellite pro 4620dvd laptop. Everytime I run through xf86cfg or > > xf86cfg -textmode I get the error message "The XFree86 configuration process > > seems to have failed. Would you like to try again?" Obviously, this is a > > bit frustrating. > > > > Here are what I think are the valid parts of the XF86Config file, but I may > > be missing something - please let me know. > > > > InputDevice > > Driver = "mouse" > > Option = "Protocol" "Auto" > > Option = "Device" "/dev/sysmous" > > InputDevice > > Driver "Keyboard" > > Option "Skbmode1" "pc101" (note: my laptop only has 85 keys" > > Option "XkbLayout "us" > > Monitor > > HorizSync 31.5-31.5 > > VertRefresh 50.0-70.0 > > Card > > Driver "s3" > > VendorName "S3 Inc." > > BoardName "86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV" > > ChipSet "SuperSavage/IX64" > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > > Screen > > Default Depth 8 > > Display Depth 1 > > Display Depth 4 > > Display Depth 8 > > Modes "640x480" > > Display Depth 15 > > Display Depth 16 > > Display Depth 24 > > > > My main questions are: > > > > 1) The Toshiba documentation and Web site do not tell me what my internal > > monitor's horizontal sync or vertical refresh rate is. (although it does > > give me refresh rates for an external monitor - 60/75/85 @16M colors). Is > > there a place I can go to find this information? > > > > 2) Are there other obvious reasons the configuration would fail other than > > the monitor? > > > > 3) Are there any sites I can visit for more info? > > > > Thanks so much! > > > > Vaughan Moore > > > > Also, did I post this to the right list? If not, please let me know where > > it should go. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > This seems to be a bug in recent releases (4.x and 5.x). Just skip it > from there, and install KDE/Gnome from one of the other menus. > Everything is fine. I don't remember exactly, but sysinstall is looking > for the config file in /etc/X11/xf86config or something, while it's > actually being installed in /usr/local/X11........ or some other thing. > the way to get around this is to either ignore it (which I do), or > type in the above text (/etc/X11/xf86config) as I typed it (IIRC). This > is just a bug and things ARE getting installed correctly. Just move > down, later in the process and install a 'window manager.' KDE, Gnome, > and a couple others will more than likely be listed. > > HTH > > Eric F Crist > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"