From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 29 13:32:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03168 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 13:32:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phwilm.zeneca.com (phwilm.zeneca.com [208.197.163.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA03126 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 13:31:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ian.clendaniel@phwilm.zeneca.com) Received: from [156.70.134.198] by phwilm.zeneca.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 29 May 1998 19:46:56 UT Received: from usuwphsmtp01.usuwph.zeneca.com ([156.70.134.197] (may be forged)) by usuwphsmtp02.phwilm.zeneca.com (2.5 Build 2639 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA20542 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 16:26:30 -0400 Received: from usuwphmsxhub02.usuwph.zeneca.com (usuwphmsxhub02.usuwph.zeneca.com [156.70.134.229]) by usuwphsmtp01.usuwph.zeneca.com (2.5 Build 2639 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA19759 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 16:25:05 -0400 Received: by usuwphmsxhub02.usuwph.zeneca.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.995.52) id <01BD8B1F.24995EC0@usuwphmsxhub02.usuwph.zeneca.com>; Fri, 29 May 1998 16:30:51 -0400 Message-ID: From: Clendaniel Ian IB To: "'Doug White'" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: XF86 with Neomagic Chipset... Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 16:30:49 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.995.52 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>Make sure you're using the VGA16 driver. It may not work for it either, I >>haven't tried it on my machine which has the same chipset. Yup...that's the one. It just freezes when it tries to bring up the server. I tried reinstalling it again and now it puts up the first page of initialization messages and stops after the line: (**) MONO: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" I'm going to try to manually configure X like with all my other machines...we'll see if I have any other luck that way...not used to this new-fangled GUI XF86Setup... >> It has the Neomagic 128ZV chipset and I'm trying to get it set up so >> that I can try the XiG X-server which supports the chipset. > >You don't set up XFree86 to set up XiG; they are *completely*separate*. I tried just setting this up and it won't run the mouse...or rather the mouse doesn't respond to movement correctly. as soon as you touch the touchpad the mouse shoots to the side of the screen, never to move again (except for a little twitching). Oh...just FYI...does the exact same thing on both of the laptops. >--Ian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message