Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:09:31 -0500 From: "Andrew Thorpe" <athorpe@erac.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: XFree86 Config Problems Message-ID: <000101c1526f$1d4393a0$2014c90a@w3099044> In-Reply-To: <20011011174313.LTMU306.mta05.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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Chris: (Not to be anal, but could you please refrain from calling me Andy, I dislike that name with a passion. Drew or Andrew will suffice. Sorry.) When I ran xf86cfg I tried numerous times to select my own defaultresolutions and desired resolutions. The server would keep crashing, or it would hang. So, after a while, I let FreeBSD probe my card for desired resolutions and tried choosing resolutions off of that. Still, the server would crash out or hang. Plus the color depth was only like 8 bit. After several failed attempts with that. I backed up the config file and tried to manually edit default color depths and resolutions, still no luck. I finally let FreeBSD pick a default resolution and depth for me (xf86cfg) and then I read the FreeBSD Handbook (4.3) section on X windows and started to pass the depth parameters I wanted as an argument to startx (it was something like 'startx -24b', I don't exactly remember the actual command, but it is also in the man page for startx). Now by passing the argument to the command, I can get the X server to run in a different color depth, but it still defaults to 600x800 resolution. I have not yet found information that allows me to pass the resolution as an argument. I think I can make this process easier, by just aliasing 'startx' to 'startx -24b'. But this still does not solve my resolution problem. I find this odd, because my video card and monitor run fine through the X server under Linux. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher T. Jewett [mailto:ctjewett@onebox.com] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 12:43 PM To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 Config Problems Doubt it is at all helpful, but my monitor is also a Sony Trinitron Based monitor. It's a Dell P780. Andy: Did you just use the Modes "<resolution desired>" Screen Subsection to change your resolution? At least yours is crashing out. That seems like progress compared to mine completely ignoring the Modes setting (Which I have set to 1024x768, yet it still displays in 640x480.) Thanks! Chris ---- "Andrew Thorpe" <athorpe@erac.com> wrote: > I too have a problem similar to Christopher's. I can run X from any > user > account; however, I can not change the default parameters to the X > server. > If I pass along the depth parameters as an argument to startx, it runs > fine > at that color depth. However, my default resolution is always 600x800 > and > everytime I try to change the configuration file to default to a different > resolution, the X server crashes out. I used xf86cfg to configure my > script, > and vi to edit it. I have a Diamond Speedstar A50 card with a Sony > Trinitron > CVS(? I am not sure about the letters, I am at work and cannot check)-100 > monitor. Both of these are selectable devices in the configuration > setup. > > -Andrew > > >Huh? I take it wrapper is somehow supposed to help with unprivilidged > >users booting X from the startx script, but why is it not installed > when > >you install X 4.1.0 if it's required for runtime unprivilidged user > access? > > Also, this still fails to help why my resolution is still defaulting > >to 640x480, dispite changes to my XF86Config file that should display > >in 1024x768. > > > >Also, if you read my note, you'll see that I checked Xfree86.org already, > >and in fact, the very documents you pointed me to really aren't all > that > >helpful. Directly quoting the installation notes is the text: > > > >"The next step is to configure the X server. That is covered in detail > >in an as-yet unwritten document :-(. In the meantime, there are three > >ways to create a basic X server configuration file for XFree86 4.1.0. > >One is to run the xf86config utility. Another is to run the xf86cfg > utility. > >The third option is to use the new -configure X server option: XFree86 > >-configure" > > > >Doesn't seem exactly helpful, since I already used the -configure > way, > >as it was recommended in the FreeBSD documentation and worked like > a > >charm, does it? Any further assistance you could provide would be > helpful, > >even if just explaining further in detail how Wrapper is supposed > to > >magically fix my unprivilidged user problem. > > > >Thanks again! > > > >Chris > > ---- Scott Corey <scott@bsdprophet.org> wrote: > > install wrapper in /usr/ports/x11 dir. > > > > This program runs an X server after sanity-checking the environment > > and any options passed to it. It is meant to enhance security on > > multi-user systems running XFree86 4, where the ability to use a > > startx script is needed. If you have XFree86 3, do not install > > this: you do not need it and it will not work. If you have no > > untrusted users or always run the X server from xdm, you do not > > need this (in the latter case, just take the suid bit off your X > > server). > > > > Next time you might try looking at xfree86 home page since they are > > the > > ones responsible for the programs content. > > > > http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/index.html > > or > > http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Install.html > > > > >I'm trying to run XFree86 4.1.0 on FreeBSD 4.4 with KDE 2.2.2. > X > > seems > > >to run correctly under user "root" (which I'm only using for > configuration > > >purposes), but for some reason, I can't get it to display the screen > > >in the 1024x768. I used XFree86 -configure to setup my XF86Config > > file > > >(Which worked like a charm, configuring my NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX/400 > > and > > >Monitor settings to the perfect HSYNC and VSYNC settings), and > went > > back > > >in using vi to add DefaultDepth so that it would display in 24-bit > > color. > > > I also tried adding only "1024x768" to Modes in the 24-bit Color > > > > Subsection > > >under Display, but that didn't seem to help. I really wish they > > would > > >implement the GUI based setup utility that was in XFree86 3.3.6, > > but > > >they still haven't done that yet. > > > > Yes they have it's xf86cfg. > > > > >Also, for some reason, when I try to start X under my unpriviliged > > user > > >it fails to load saying something about "<name.domain.domain> 0 > not > > in > > >XAuthority function 'add' or 'list'". I've tried adding the correct > > >settings to my .XAuthority file, but it still doesn't seem to want > > to > > >load. > > > > > > >I'm hopelessly confused about the screen resolution issue, and > the > > other > > >issue with unpriviliged users not being able to boot X is just > really > > >irritating too. Does anyone have any suggestions? I could really > > use > > >the help. I've read just about all the useless documentation on > > this > > >issue as I could find (on Xfree86.org and FreeBSD.org and > Daemonnews.com's > > >newbie help.) > > > > >Very Frustrated, > > >Chris > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. 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