Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 06:22:00 -0400 From: "Darkbackwardz co. ltd." <darkbackwardz@netscape.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: VIA KM266 Message-ID: <40E3E5C8.5070303@netscape.net>
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I have just installed FreeBSD version 4.10 along with KDE and the X-Window system on my x86 PC, unfortunately, when I type "startx" at the command line I get this error message: "XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol version II Revision 0 Release 6.6 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.10 i386 [ELF] Build Date: 29 April 2004 Before reporting problems check http://www.XFree86.Org to make sure you have the latest version Module loader present Markers: (--)probed, (**) from config file, (= =) default setting, (+ +) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (= =) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed June 30 23:43:12 2004 (= =) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (WW) SAVAGE: chipset "ProSavage DDR" in device section "VIA ProSavage8" isn't valid for this driver (EE) No devices detected Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the lof file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log. Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org. X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) X auth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority xauth: (argv) :1: bad display name ":0" in remove command xauth: (argv) :1: bad display name ":0" in remove command #" I'm quite sure that I've chosen the wrong video driver during setup, my computer runs on a VIA KM266 chipset with an integrated S3 ProSavage8 DDR video card (Seen here: http://www.via.com.tw/en/ProSavage%20Chipsets/km266.jsp ) Which BSD driver would best suit this card? So far I've tried selecting the ProSavageK category and the driver labled "savage", as well as the "generic-vga" category and "vga" driver in the XFree86 setup. If my card isn't supported by BSD, which one of the drivers on http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=296 would I use and how would I install it from a floppy disc? I've already installed the compatibility packages for Linux binaries, but I don't know which version would be best accepted. Any help would be appreciated! -Melinda Coates
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