From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 6 16:20:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13656 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 May 1998 16:20:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from norquay.cal.shaw.wave.ca (norquay.cal.shaw.wave.ca [139.142.2.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA13606 for ; Wed, 6 May 1998 16:20:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jnk@shaw.wave.ca) Received: from shaw.wave.ca ([24.64.59.146]) by norquay.cal.shaw.wave.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with ESMTP id AAA28500 for ; Wed, 6 May 1998 17:18:21 -0600 Message-ID: <3550F032.C32C796D@shaw.wave.ca> Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 17:20:18 -0600 From: "jeremy kam" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Linear addressing problem. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When I install the XF86_SVGA server everything works fine in 8 bpp mode. However, when I startx -- -bpp 16 I am told that I need linear addressing for this mode. So, I edited the XF86Config file to enable linear addressing, and used the various mem addresses provided, as well as the troubleshooting options listed in the file but each time I startx my computer either freezes, requiring a power down, or spontaneously hard reboots. I have the cirrus logic 5428 video card with 1 MB video memory but I've tried setting it up using generic VGA, and got the same error message. It's on an ISA bus, and the file says that it's not possible to get linear addressing to work on an ISA bus, but I have been successful in doing it a few months ago and now I don't remember how and can't seem to duplicate it. Is there a solution to this problem, or perhaps a driver that'll allow me to obtain 800x600 in 16 bpp mode? Hope you can help. Thanks in advance, Jeremy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message