From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 11 09:53:19 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 29F5E16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:53:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane.co.uk [82.152.23.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30DFC43D41 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:53:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5B9rIWp011704 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:53:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from localhost (jhary@localhost) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i5B9rIfZ011701; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:53:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:53:18 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman To: Matt Navarre In-Reply-To: <200406110247.41336.mnavarre@cox.net> Message-ID: <20040611105113.R11565@unsane.co.uk> References: <001501c44f7a$18115510$0200a8c0@LLAPTOP> <200406110247.41336.mnavarre@cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: LW Ellis cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: nelis@8ball.co.za 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 09:53:19 -0000 On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Matt Navarre wrote: > 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. Cant help with the monitor but I use the vesa kernel module and that give VESA: v3.0, 16384k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc0888c62 (1000022) VESA: NVidia in my dmesg when i boot so you can try kldload vesa and check the output with dmesg. might help. > > -- > "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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" >