Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:09:23 -0800 From: "Rudy Gireyev" <rgireyev@cnmnetwork.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cl-gd5480 Message-ID: <19990301230711.3FB3A153ED@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903010856340.339-100000@picnic.mat.net> References: <19990301102549.60F1B15326@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi Chuck! I guess you are right, and I shouldn't have bothered the FreeBSD list. I just thought maybe there is a known problem with this hardware that I was unaware of, I'm sorry for wasting everyones time. As I stated in my email I used XF86config script to setup the card and monitor. I then proceeded to try the accelerated server as well as all the default ones and none of them work. I also am not able to use the graphic utility XF86Setup for it gives me the same problem. Rudy. P.S. I'm only replying because you asked the questions. Thanks. Date sent: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:03:17 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@cnmnetwork.com> Copies to: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cl-gd5480 > On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Rudy Gireyev wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Tried this on -questions without much success, hoping for better luck here. > > > > I'm trying to get Xwindows to tame my VGA setup without much luck. The > > setup is Cirrus Logic CL-GD5480 card (4Meg) and a 21 inch IBM 9504 > > Black and White VGA monitor. Funny enough the card is listed in the > > XF86config, and I pulled horizontal and vertical refresh rates for the > > monitor from the IBM website. When I run startx the screen flickers > > and is unreadable, going through resolutions with Ctl-Alt-+ simply > > shows different flicker type. > > If you have a similar setup and got it to work or (unlike me) you know > > what's going on please lemme know. > > Rudy, probably the answer is because your problem is to do with XFree86, > not FreeBSD. The XFree86 folks do their own mailing lists, out of > majordomo@xfree86.org, and they handle subjects that aren't done by > FreeBSD. While we all use XFree86 stuff, we don't maintain it. > > This is the wrong place to discuss this ... you should point your > browser at www.xfree86.org, read the FAQ, and that'll probably do you. > It sounds very much like you have got problems in your XF86Config file > (mine is in the default spot, /etc/XF86Config). I usually just use the > script that XFree86 supplies, XF86Setup, to select the best > configuration. Since I've done this before, I go into the XF86Config > file afterwards and tweak, but it gives you a stable starting point. > > Did you use XF86Setup to start your XF86Config file out? I know > perfectly well that the Cirrus card you have is supported by the SVGA > server, and quite well, in fact (I have a similar one). > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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