Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 16:50:49 +0200 From: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> To: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems compiling FreeBSD stable Message-ID: <393283C9.24A24365@cequrux.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005290953560.3346-100000@discover.siteplus.net>
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Jim Weeks wrote: > > > > > Unfortunately the Trident Cyberblade in the Presario laptop doesn't work > > with XFree86 3.x (even though it is listed as a supported chipset, I > > could only ever get it to work in 640x400x16 mode - and even that > > required some hacking; just using XF86Setup didn't do it). > > It works fine in 3.3.6 for my Compaq Presario 1200. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "DSTN" > VendorName "Trident" > BoardName "CyberBlade" > #VideoRam 4096 > # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate > EndSection > > The Presario has 4mb of shared video memory so the first start > automatical commented out my entry. Other than that It worked the first > time. What happened with me: * when starting X it says `unknown chipset' * running XF86Setup starts VGA16 server okay, but even if I then configured the server as 640x480x16, it wouldn't start up properly. I had to add an option to get that to work (I can't remember what but it was; I think it may have been the `cyber_shadow' option). * if I tried to configure it as 800x600xN, I would get a config file that told me there was no matching mode line. The server would report all of my clocks as 28.2. * If I put in mode lines for a clock of 28, then I would get a horrible whiteout in the screen. Options like disabling LCD stretching didn't help. I tried every matching mode line I could find in the various X examples/samples/docs. * I had to explicitly add a VideoRam line or X would complain that it didn't have enough memory to support the SVGA modes I wanted (800x600x16 or 800x600x24; the machine has 8MB video RAM so clearly there is more than enough). I spent about a week trying all sorts of combinations to no avail, and then I found a Linux website which had a XFree86 4.0 config file for the Presario 1600. I installed that, switched back to XFree86 4.0, and it worked - except for the nasty problems I have when I switch out of X (remap of Enter to ScrollLock; machine freezes when I switch back to X). -- Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com Director, Research and Development WWW: http://www.cequrux.com CEQURUX Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065 Firewalls/VPN Specialists Fax: +27(21)424-3656 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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