From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 10:38:54 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 10:38:52 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from femail5.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail5.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2556237B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:38:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.local ([24.178.140.157]) by femail5.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with ESMTP id <20001217183848.HPGO16709.femail5.sdc1.sfba.home.com@debian.local> for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:38:48 -0800 Received: from kent by debian.local with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 147ihR-0003cg-00 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:38:21 -0600 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:38:21 -0600 From: ktb To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OT - identifying vid card Message-ID: <20001217123821.B13863@debian.local> References: <20001217105313.A13490@debian.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001217105313.A13490@debian.local>; from x.y.f@home.com on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 10:53:13AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 10:53:13AM -0600, ktb wrote: > I just installed freebsd for the first time. I'm having some > trouble getting X to work. This is an old machine - > IBM PS/ValuePoint 433SX/S > At any rate I have looked on the board (the vid card is > integrated into the board) and don't see anything I recognize as > a video card. I tried using the generic card in xf86config but > when I try to run xprobe it can't write the mod lines. When I > try and start X I get - > Modes 640x400 > ^^^^^^^ > Mode name expected > > I thought the bios might tell me something but using 'del' 'esc' > 'F1' won't get me in. Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks, > kent > Forget it. I snagged another old computer that had an S3 card built in. Sorry for the post. kent -- "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message