Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:54:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: D Boss <dnewsdef@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running X on Compaq Contura Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980604225419.26356D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980605021849.22675.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com>
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On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, D Boss wrote: > I have installed Xfree86 3.3.2 on the FreeBSD 2.2.6 on Compaq Contura > 430 C. I used the full graphical installation method, which I believe > is using VGA16 server. After everything set up, when trying to start > X, using startx, the screen goes blank, than the server died. It said > no valid mode found- I set it to use 640*480 - 8bpp. The graphic > controller is WD90C24 A2. XFree86 3.3.1 did not like this chip on my old 486. I'm not sure it's even supported. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major NOTICE: gdi.uoregon.edu is going down, please use dwhite@resnet! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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