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From: "Nathan Vidican" <>
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Subject: RE: getting X to work on a Compaq Presario laptop
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I am using FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE, the version of X which comes on the 
installation cdrom (downloaded/burnt the iso image).
   By not working properly, I mean that no matter what type of display 
I try to configure it for, it will not startup. I suspect it has 
something to do with the refresh frequency but I am not entirely 
sure... as far as I undertsnad it the screen on this thing is a set 
60hz horizontal refresh, (have no clue what is, nor how to discover the 
verticle refresh rate). It attempts to startup using the SVGA server, 
but basically deletes all modes stating something like:

(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.52 khz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 48.36 khz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 khz. Deleted.
... etc

There's about thirty modes it states the above for, at various 
resolutions. I've just recently gotten X to actually startup using this 
configuration, but I get a screen resolution that looks like 320x200 or 
something awfully close to that.

   Any suggestions as to what I might try to tweak w/ in the config 
file would be great?
> > I've got a Compaq Presario 725CA, and I cannot seem to get the 
display 
> > configured properly for X-windows. Any suggestions? The specs are 
as 
> > follows:
> > 
> > 14.1 TFT does 1024x768 @ 60hz (800x600 @ 60hz also)
> > S3 16 meg SDR Video Card (has TV-Out)
> > 
> > 1300mhz AMD Athlon 4 mobile CPU
> > 256megs RAM
> > 20Gig Hardrive
> > 8x/8x8x24 DVD/CD-RW
> > Built-in Realtek PCI 10/100 Ethernet
> > (the normal stuff.. keyboard, ps/2 pointer, usb, io ports, etc)
> 
> What is the specific problem you have?
> by properly means, it runs but not the way you wanted?
> What version of Xfree are you using?
> 
> Gerardo
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Nathan Vidican
Nathan@Vidican.com


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