Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 01:50:19 -0500 From: Geoffrey Robinson <grobin@accessv.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: X-windows headaches Message-ID: <349B6AAB.AE2AD192@accessv.com>
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I'm a new Unix user and I've been spending the last few days working on
my X-windows in FreeBSD 2.2.5. With the help of a few FBSD gurus I've
gotten it running but its not quite in a usable state due to a few
problems. The first one is that it seems to be stuck in 640x480
resolution. I have a PCI Mach_64 video card with 1M VRAM and a Daewoo
enhanced SVGA monitor so my hardware is capable of 1024x768 but I can't
get it to 800x600. Greg Lehey went over my /etc/XF86Config and had me
manually add 800x600 to the 'mode' lines but it didn't help.
The second problem is with my windows managers. When I installed FBSD I
selected the full install. It installed x-windows but I had no .xinirc
in my home directory and it was using the default windows manager. When
windows managers where explained to me I installed fvwm2 by
recommendation and later I installed fvwm95 out of curiosity. Both
managers seem to have the same problems. Most of the pre-set menu
options don't work all though I'm pretty sure that's because I need to
install them from the ports collection. Next is that I don't have the
.fvwm2rc and .fvwm95rc files in my home dir. I tried copying the example
files from the build directories but when I started X it would not work
properly forcing me to do a hard reboot. It runs without the .fvwm2rc
and .fvwm95rc files but I'm told they should be there for X to work
properly. The last problem is that the windows don't seem to behave
nicely. They tend to go partially of the screen when they are opened and
resizing them is difficult.
One other thing, recently I've been getting this same error on all my
xterms when they are opened.
"Warning: imported path contains relative components." Is this
significant?
Thanks in advance for any help.
--
Geoffrey Robinson
grobin@accessv.com
Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
BTW: If its any use this is my /etc/XF86Config file.
# XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup
<snip>
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
AutoRepeat 500 30
LeftAlt Meta
RightAlt Meta
ScrollLock Compose
RightCtl Control
XkbKeycodes "xfree86"
XkbTypes "default"
XkbCompat "default"
XkbSymbols "us(pc101)"
XkbGeometry "pc"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc101"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Microsoft"
Device "/dev/mouse"
BaudRate 1200
Emulate3Timeout 50
SampleRate 0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary Monitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5-35.1
VertRefresh 55-60
Modeline "640x480" 25.18 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "None"
Chipset "mach64"
Clocks 25.18
VideoRam 1024
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA2"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA16"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
BlankTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 0
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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