From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 31 9:33:30 2003 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 6466437B401 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:33:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mrburns.nildram.co.uk (mrburns.nildram.co.uk [195.112.4.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC00543F85 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:33:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from David.Larkin@djl.co.uk) Received: from djl.co.uk (nat.djl.co.uk [213.208.117.42]) by mrburns.nildram.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 417001E3B65; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:33:18 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <3E3AB3D2.1BA464C7@djl.co.uk> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:35:14 +0000 From: David Larkin Organization: D.J.L. Software Consultancy Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: XFree86 configuration References: <3E390078.22787FA1@djl.co.uk> <3E3A99AD.A34C3E67@djl.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I just installed 4.7 on a new machine and all seems well except the XFree86 is only working on the default VGA mode. Configuring X is a complete nightmare, am I missing something ? I haven't a clue what sync rates my monitor has and have no manual for it., also I intend moving the server to a new office where it will be attached to a different monitor. I've tried selecting various options from the various menus but all that happens is my screen blinks and I have to reboot and try again with the same result. Apart from the fact it doesn't work, does it generate an error log somewhere so I can try and work out the problem ? Is there no standard config which would allow something better than VGA. I don't need to squeeze the last drop of performance out of the monitor/graphics card, just get something useable up and running. I've been installing & using FreeBSD for about 6 years now and have never gained any confidence in installing X, it either works or it doesn't. This must put off loads of potential users , particularly those such as myself who don't know (or much care) about what chipsets & stuff they have. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message