Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:48:45 -0500 From: stan <stanb@awod.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XF86Config. Message-ID: <20030212024845.GB12824@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <200302112129.53178.taxman@acd.net> References: <3E48E2F2.1010508@bru-hub.dhl.com> <200302112129.53178.taxman@acd.net>
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On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:29:53PM +0100, taxman wrote: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:48 pm, Peter van Eck wrote: > > I've installed freebsd 4.6.2. > > > > I'm still having toruble to get my X window system to run properly. > > It loads the X server succesfull but the display is isshowing 3 Vertical > > stripes thru the Desktop. > > The frequencies seem OK , but it is like the desktop is split up in 3. > > USing an HP Ultra VGA 15 inch Monitior + a S3 Trio32/64 videocard . > > XFree86 4.2.0 > > > Anyone a suggestion for me to check/change ? > > Easiest way I can think of is to run knoppix and take the Xfree config file > and copy it to freebsd. Knoppix has some great hardware autodetection. It > has perfectly configured x on every computer I've tried it on. > besides it boots to a perfect working kde setup. I'd love to see more of the > tools knoppix uses ported to freebsd. Too bad I haven't the skills myself. > the website is: > http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/ > > and a mini iso is available here: > ftp://ftp.es.debian.org./pub/miniKnoppix > Interesting. I just booted a laptop that I intend to ru FreeBSD on in Knoppix, and as you said, perfecy X setup. However, since It's booting from the CD, where would I find the X config file? Do I need to isntall Knoppix to have access to this file? If so, how do I do thta, since so far I've only figured out how to _boot_ from thier CD, not install :-) -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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