From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 10 15:59:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EEC137B401 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:59:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@ptavv.es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f7AMx4R28819; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:59:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200108102259.f7AMx4R28819@ptavv.es.net> To: Matt of the Long Red Hair Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xfree86-4 port & Matrox G450 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Aug 2001 01:05:57 EDT." Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:59:04 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" 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 > Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 01:05:57 -0400 (EDT) > From: Matt of the Long Red Hair > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, > while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. > Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. > > --0-1786217093-997333557=:5324 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message