From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 02:23:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA78016A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:23:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D7F43D3F for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:23:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason@ec.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-024-211-230-171.ec.rr.com [24.211.230.171])i7J2NgPf017086; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:23:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4124117B.4050708@ec.rr.com> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:33:31 -0400 From: jason User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040808) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jud References: <4121C262.6020409@att.net> <20040817183040.3511.LUKEK@meibin.net> <41228B16.80804@att.net> <1092828628.13079.202564342@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1092828628.13079.202564342@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: FreeBSD - questions cc: Jay O'Brien Subject: Re: X configuration problem - new info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:23:46 -0000 Jud wrote: >On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:47:50 -0700, "Jay O'Brien" >said: >[snip] > > >>After over an hour and a half of downloading (and I have a 1.3MHz DSL) I >>tried again. Now I get different error messages, and I don't understand >>at all what this unwanted download has done to my computer. >>The errors are: >> >> VGA(0): Virtual height (0) is too small for the hardware (min 1) >> Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. >> >>I'm going to wipe the HD clean again and start over, using my current ISO >>CD. This download, with many separate unrelated files, has me really >>concerned about what I unwittingly added to my HD. I don't even know >>where all the files I saw come in are now placed on the HD! >> >> > >Seems like the problems are with X config rather than what files are >living on your HD. There are any number of X config files/tutorials on >the Net to read through and compare to what you're getting in >/etc/X11/XF86Config. If that doesn't give you a good idea what to fix, >send your config file to the list so someone smarter than I am can help >you. ;-) > > > >>Is there any disadvantage to installing XFree86 with # pkg_add -r XFree86 >>as compared to using /stand/sysinstall, select Configure | XFree86 ? >> >> > >You just have to do the config step separately after pkg_add. >Otherwise, no difference I'm aware of. > >Jud >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Juds right. I have had the no screens error before. Don't wipe your drive, just post your XF86Config file and I'll see if I can fix it for you. At the very least I can send you mine.