From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 11:30:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236FE16A4CE for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:30:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com (frontend1.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAE5443D5C for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:30:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from server2.messagingengine.com (server2.internal [10.202.2.133]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 627DCC14566; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:30:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 878298365B; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:30:28 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.4 (F2.72; T1.001; A1.62; B3.01; Q3.01) References: <4121C262.6020409@att.net> <20040817183040.3511.LUKEK@meibin.net> <41228B16.80804@att.net> In-Reply-To: <41228B16.80804@att.net> To: "Jay O'Brien" , "FreeBSD - questions" Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:30:28 -0400 From: "Jud" X-Sasl-Enc: oewoy4g3fsXPaS73YxvxDg 1092828628 Message-Id: <1092828628.13079.202564342@webmail.messagingengine.com> Subject: Re: X configuration problem - new info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:30:30 -0000 On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:47:50 -0700, "Jay O'Brien" said: [snip] > After over an hour and a half of downloading (and I have a 1.3MHz DSL) I > tried again. Now I get different error messages, and I don't understand > at all what this unwanted download has done to my computer. > The errors are: > > VGA(0): Virtual height (0) is too small for the hardware (min 1) > Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > I'm going to wipe the HD clean again and start over, using my current ISO > CD. This download, with many separate unrelated files, has me really > concerned about what I unwittingly added to my HD. I don't even know > where all the files I saw come in are now placed on the HD! Seems like the problems are with X config rather than what files are living on your HD. There are any number of X config files/tutorials on the Net to read through and compare to what you're getting in /etc/X11/XF86Config. If that doesn't give you a good idea what to fix, send your config file to the list so someone smarter than I am can help you. ;-) > Is there any disadvantage to installing XFree86 with # pkg_add -r XFree86 > as compared to using /stand/sysinstall, select Configure | XFree86 ? You just have to do the config step separately after pkg_add. Otherwise, no difference I'm aware of. Jud