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Date:      Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:14:58 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mike Shimony <mikes@thunder.ocis.temple.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Setup Problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329221345.23543N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35167B4C.D3D33939@thunder.ocis.temple.edu>

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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Mike Shimony wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a few problems setting up FreeBSD to run on my
> system.
> 
> 1. Beside looking at the hardware is there a way to
> determine the address and irq of devices?

If the hardware is working under another OS, check it's settings.

> 2. I have Compudyne KD-1700V Monitor and a Diamond Speed
> Star Pro Video Card. While setting up Xwindows I entered the
> ranges for Horizontal (30-82kHz) and Vertical (50-120Hz).
> When I move a window I get small white horizontal lines
> flashing on the screen. And sometimes my mouse cursor turns
> into a bunch of vertical bars (like a bar code). I didn't
> set a clock for the video card. Should I run Xprobe even
> though It says not to. I was able to get this setup to work
> under Linux, and I've tried it with the same settings but it
> still doesn't work. Any suggestions?

It should work; Linux and FreeBSD use the same X server, XFree86.  I don't
know about the noise, it may be a resource conflict or chip misdetection.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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