Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 21:54:05 GMT From: "J.Goodleaf" <john@goodleaf.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie Message-ID: <20010601215405.839855C10@clyde.goodleaf.net> In-Reply-To: <3B180801.F892F65C@saintmail.net> References: <005d01c0eab6$ae3796c0$28fefea9@electronicdreams.com> <20010601172808.BA2BF5C10@clyde.goodleaf.net> <003901c0ead4$11d80530$28fefea9@electronicdreams.com> <3B180801.F892F65C@saintmail.net>
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I think you should look at the specs of the monitor, a ViewSonic if I
recall, and see what the possible ranges of refresh rates it can handle.
I've had good luck choosing the "high frequency svga" option and then
manually tuning the refresh rate ranges...
By the way, in my experience, the completed x server config doesn't look
like much at all. It's been a flat gray window in the upper left, with the
words "Contragulations..." and a choice to save the configuration. Save the
config and then test it out with startx. I've never had to center the window
with the congratulations...
-John
Marcia Barrett Nice writes:
> I had similar problems getting XFree86 to run on my box (also under
> 4.2). In my case this problem appeared to be that I was selecting the
> incorrect monitor settings, so that is where I would suggest starting.
> (In my case it also has something to do with the fact that it's a
> monitor the university was throwing out for being too old so I have no
> actual info on it.)
>
> However, keep in mind that this advice is worth every penny you paid for
> it... ;>
>
> Barrett
>
> Alexander DiMauro wrote:
>>
>> I've got FreeBSD 4.2, trying to setup XFree86 4.0.2.
>>
>> I have an NVidia TNT2 video card and a ViewSonic A75f monitor. The computer
>> itself is a home built one with an iWill motherboard and an Athlon 600Mhz.
>> None of the other hardware seems to have a problem.
>>
>> I get to the point in the install where you start the XFree86 setup.
>> Everything works fine, the GUI starts up, the mouse and keyboard work fine.
>> I select the video card from the list, then when I get to the monitor
>> portion, maybe I'm selecting the wrong choice? I select a monitor with
>> variable rate and maximum 1280 x 1024 @67Mhz. I set it to 1024 x 768. When I
>> tested, the screen went gray and then a white rectangle appeared in the
>> upper left. Is that the screen? If so, how do I center it? That's it. I
>> waited for a long time, nothing happened, it just stayed like that. So, I
>> started over, and this time picked the same settings, but @76Mhz. This time,
>> a blue rectangle with "Out Of Bounds" moved across the screen and once
>> again, I waited, and nothing happened. No keys worked, it was just stuck
>> like that. Both times I couldn't reboot, I had to hit the reset switch on
>> the computer.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --Alex
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "J.Goodleaf" <john@goodleaf.net>
>> To: "Alexander DiMauro" <alexdimauro@worldnet.att.net>
>> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 12:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: newbie
>>
>> > This seems like a reasonable place to start.
>> >
>> > You should begin, though, by describing the hardware you've got, which
>> > versions of FreeBSD and XFree86 you're trying to install, and what you
>> mean
>> > by "crash."
>> >
>> > -John
>> >
>> > Alexander DiMauro writes:
>> >
>> > > I'm a newbie who is trying to install FreeBSD, but it keeps crashing at
>> the XFree86 Setup part. I'm confused as to where to ask my question since I
>> read that :
>> > >
>> > > Support questions should be sent to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org.
>> > >
>> > > But when I sign up for that mailing list it says:
>> > >
>> > > "You should not send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless
>> you consider the question to be pretty technical."
>> > >
>> > > So, where do I ask a "how to" about XFree86 Setup?
>> > >
>> > > Just wondering...
>> >
>> >
>> >
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