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Subject: Re: X = black screen
From: Thomas Kernes <tkernes@buckwestern.com>
To: Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my>
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The 'option' value is what did it.  Thank you (and Gustaf and Adam) for your
help.

I am running now.

on 11/12/2002 1:33, kaeru@pd.jaring.my wrote:

> On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 09:07, Thomas Kernes wrote:
>> I have FreeBSD 4.6 running on an Intel 815 board with integrated video.  I
>> have read the 'handbook' concerning the advanced procedure that needs to be
>> done to allow X to use the 810 board.  The problem is, I still can't get
>> anything to display.
> 
> Did you make sure to enable the NoDDC option?
> 
> Section "Device"
> 
> Driver  "i810"
> VendorName  "Intel"
> BoardName   "i810"
> ChipSet     "i810"
> Card        "Stupid i810"
> Option        "NoDDC"
> 
> I'm sick at home today, so I don't have access to the exact option, but
> this should be correct. I'm assuming that you have already made the
> /dev/agpart device and it is detected properly (#dmesg | grep agp).
> 
> With 810e though I still have problems with it corrupting video and then
> crashing randomly. FreeBSD runs, but no more video output when it
> crashes.
> 
> 
> 


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