Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:49:00 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: Jim Boles <quantumllc@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 82845G/GL Card Message-ID: <20030404144900.GA29366@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <F106jj5xMfQdpSTc20O00035e69@hotmail.com> References: <F106jj5xMfQdpSTc20O00035e69@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 01:35:04PM +0000, Jim Boles wrote: > Hello, > I can see by all the websites i've visited that I have a very common > question that you guys have probably answered a million times.. So, sorry > to bug ya, but I can't find a definitive answer! > > I have an Intel 82845G/GL onboard video card. Of course, when I type > startx, it tells me no screens found, or no device detected. I'm a newbie > to FreeBSD, but enjoy it thus far. Could you email me something about what > I need to configure and where. I have the newest version of FreeBSD (5.0). The 845G/GL card needs the most recent XFree86 version, which is 4.3.0. To get it, either use the ports system or install the package: see the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html for detailed information on installing XFree86. You probably need to 'cvsup' your ports-tree to get the most recent version. This is also covered in the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html When configuring X, you need to specify the i810 driver with the 845G chipset. Configure X by running the setup program: /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86cfg . (Personally, I prefer to use the -textmode option to xf86cfg as I find the GUI extremely confusing). Finally: you might be able to run this card with the version shipped with FreeBSD-5.0 (XFree86-4.2.1 or so), using VESA modes... but I didn't have a very good experience doing that. Good luck, Karel.
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