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Date:      Sun, 10 Feb 2002 18:54:00 -0800
From:      "Bert Hiddink" <hiddink@galileo.or.cr>
To:        mess-mate <messmate@free.fr>, "freebsd-questions-en" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: I'm running (on 5 year old Dells) Pentium 200 MMX, 64Mb, S3 Trio+V chipset,
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Hello, Mess-mate!

Thanks for your message! I had already found out that setting up the X-Ser=
ver was not the problem 
really. The problem was that when you are logged in as root, the X-Server =
did not read the 
/etc/XF86Config file (the one i was editing) but the $Xroot/lib/X11/XF86Co=
nfig! So when I fixed 
this (coping the one from /etc/ to $Xroot/lib/X11/, I could run KDE perfec=
tly.

However, after configuring KDE, logging out and then logging in again, onc=
e again the server hanged 
(pfffff.). I suppose (please correct me if I am wrong) that I have a write=
 permission problem 
somewhere for X-Windows/KDE. Is this a right assumption? How could this be=
 fixed?

Many thanks in advance for your help

regards,
-brt

El 10 Feb 2002 a las 21:32, mess-mate escrib=F3: 

>> If this can help :
>> # 
>> **********************************************************************
>> # Graphics device section
>> # 
>> **********************************************************************
>> 
>> Section "Device"
>>     Identifier "Generic VGA"
>>     Driver     "vga"
>> EndSection
>> 
>> Section "Device"
>>     Identifier  "S3 ViRGE (generic)"
>>     VendorName  "Unknown"
>>     BoardName   "Unknown"
>>     Driver      "s3virge"
>> #    VideoRam    2048
>>     # Clock lines
>> 
>> 
>>     # Uncomment following option if you see a big white block        
>>     # instead of the cursor!                                          
>>     #    Option      "sw_cursor"
>> 
>>     Option      "DPMS"  "on"
>> EndSection
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> # 
>> **********************************************************************
>> # Screen sections
>> # 
>> **********************************************************************
>> 
>> 
>> Section "Screen"
>>     Identifier "screen1"
>>     Device      "S3 ViRGE (generic)"
>>     Monitor     "Nokia|Nokia 447ZA"
>>     DefaultColorDepth 16
>>     Subsection "Display"
>>         Depth       8
>>         Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
>>         ViewPort    0 0
>>     EndSubsection
>>     Subsection "Display"
>>         Depth       15
>>         Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>>         ViewPort    0 0
>>     EndSubsection
>>     Subsection "Display"
>>         Depth       16
>>         Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>>         ViewPort    0 0
>>     EndSubsection
>>     Subsection "Display"
>>         Depth       24
>>         Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
>>         ViewPort    0 0
>>     EndSubsection
>>     Subsection "Display"
>>         Depth       32
>>         Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
>>         ViewPort    0 0
>>     EndSubsection
>> EndSection
>> 
>> 
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>     Identifier "layout1"
>>     Screen     "screen1"
>> 
>>     InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
>> 
>>     InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
>> EndSection
>> 
>> 
>> On Saturday 09 February 2002 23:40, you wrote:
>> | Hello, RoadRunner,
>> |
>> | Thanks for your reply!
>> |
>> | El 8 Feb 2002 a las 20:53, RoadRunner escrib=F3:
>> | >> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:49:56 -0800
>> | >>
>> | >> "Bert Hiddink" <hiddink@galileo.or.cr> wrote:
>> | >> > Hello,
>> | >> >
>> | >> > I tried to get a X-Windows Server running with the following
>> | >>
>> | >> configuration:> FreeBSD release-4.4 on 5 year old Dells (Pentium
>> | >> 200 MMX, 64Mb), S3 Trio+V chipset.>
>> | >>
>> | >> > I have installed X-Windows installed several times on other
>> | >> > machines
>> | >>
>> | >> with FreeBSD, however, in this > case, I have not had succes so
>> | >> far. I have not give up yet but just would like to know wether >
>> | >> anyone of you has done this succesfully? >
>> | >>
>> | >> Sometimes, (though not always) I've found (especially with XFree
>> | >> 4.x that rather than the correct S3 Trio, if you say S3 Virge
>> | >> (generic) it works perfectly--found this out by accident, after
>> | >> a mistype in xf86config. Since then, I've had success with this
>> | >> a few times--RH and Gentoo Linux as well as FreeBSD.
>> | >>
>> | >> HTH a little
>> | >>
>> | >> Scott Robbins
>> |
>> | I tried your suggestion but it won't work. With the graphic and
>> | non-graphic setup, when I choose the S3- Virge Generic, the machine
>> | hangs and I have to reset the machine in order to get it up again.
>> | Any more suggestion?
>> |
>> | Many thanks in advance!
>> | -brt
>> |
>> |    Bert Hiddink, FUNDACION GALILEO
>> |    Correo electronico: hiddink@galileo.or.cr
>> |    Sitio: http://www.galileo.or.cr
>> |    Tel. (506) 280 8683, telefax. (506) 280 8847
>> |
>> |
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>> 
>> -- 
>> mess-mate
>> 



   Bert Hiddink, FUNDACION GALILEO
   Correo electronico: hiddink@galileo.or.cr
   Sitio: http://www.galileo.or.cr
   Tel. (506) 280 8683, telefax. (506) 280 8847


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