From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 11 09:48:06 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 A519F16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:48:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (fed1rmmtao05.cox.net [68.230.241.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F7743D53 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:48:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from reichlieu.lan ([68.6.195.68]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040611094744.PGBO18472.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@reichlieu.lan>; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 05:47:44 -0400 Received: from reichlieu.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by reichlieu.lan (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5B9lhZE043490; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 02:47:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mnavarre@reichlieu.lan) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reichlieu.lan (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5B9lfUM043489; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 02:47:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mnavarre) From: Matt Navarre To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nelis@8ball.co.za Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 02:47:41 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <001501c44f7a$18115510$0200a8c0@LLAPTOP> <1086938068.27962.65.camel@nelis.brabys.co.za> In-Reply-To: <1086938068.27962.65.camel@nelis.brabys.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406110247.41336.mnavarre@cox.net> X-SA-Scanned: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.41 cc: LW Ellis Subject: Re: XFree86 configure question 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: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:48:06 -0000 On Friday 11 June 2004 12:14, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 08:05, LW Ellis wrote: > > Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. > > I did like it said in the handbook, but when I > > ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file. > > If I use the configure tool in the sysinstall, it fails to save the file. > > I am logged on as 'root' > > The first thing I would do before trying to configure your XFree86 > Server is to find out exactly what Video card( Part 2 ) you are using. > You can do this usually by going through your system message buffer from > kernel startup. Edit the file /var/run/dmesg.boot and look for > information which would indicate your VGA chipset, it usually starts > with pci0: In some cases where your Video card is not recognised by the > kernel you may need to identify the chipset in another way. Try opening > the computer and looking at the chipset on the video card itself. > What he said about the video card, but you also want the specs for your monitor. Specificaly you need the horizontal and vertical synch rranges or the frequencies the monitor can do. Otherwise you risk blowing the monitor. And no one wants that. Really you need to know what video card you're running and, idealy, how much VRAM it's got, and the specs for your monitor. -- "We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming, and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there." -- Dana Gould