From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 06:49:12 2003 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 2E9F937B401 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 06:49:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl (wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl [131.155.56.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1478143FCB for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 06:49:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl) Received: from wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl (localhost.wop.wtb.tue.nl [127.0.0.1]) by wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h34En1CB029415; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:49:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl) Received: (from karelj@localhost) by wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) id h34En0VL029414; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:49:00 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:49:00 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" To: Jim Boles Message-ID: <20030404144900.GA29366@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 82845G/GL Card 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, 04 Apr 2003 14:49:12 -0000 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.