Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:59:04 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Matt of the Long Red Hair <mattp@conundrum.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xfree86-4 port & Matrox G450 Message-ID: <200108102259.f7AMx4R28819@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Aug 2001 01:05:57 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108090101010.5324-200000@aeon.conundrum.com>
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> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 01:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
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> I'm trying to upgrade my system to a G450 card, and I'm having some difficulty
> getting the XFree port to go. From what I can find in the list archives, it
> sounds as if 4.1.0 should just work, but I'm afriad in my case it isn't.
>
> My problems start right with xf86cfg, the configuration utility. It starts up
> an X server which seems to work alright (far better than 4.0.2 did) but
> xf86cfg itself bombs right after it starts up twm (also after it starts to
> draw the system layout).
>
> My basic system config is as follows:
> AMD K6-2/450 on AOpen AX59-Pro
> 128MB
> mix of SCSI and IDE drives
> Matrox G450 (two headed card, only trying to run with one head for now)
>
>
> I've included the output xf86cfg sends to the terminal. Anyone have any ideas
> on this?
Matt,
I've had variable success with xf86cfg. It seems to fail rather often.
Have you tried xf86config? It's not graphical, but it seems reliable.
One change I did have to make for 4.1 was to set the mouse protocol to
"Auto".
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Did you install XFree86-4 from ports or from the package? Did you have
a previous 3.3.6 installation?
I recommend using the port, even though it takes longer. It gives you
an xc directory (which is occasionally handy) and builds on exactly
your configuration.
If you had a prior 3.3.6 running, this may be the problem as it may
cause conflicts with 4.1. I removed 3.3.6 before installing 4.1 and it
worked well.
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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