From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 17:11:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 B93D516A41F for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:11:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay1.av-mx.com (relay1.av-mx.com [137.118.16.126]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C8043D4C for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:11:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.60] (HELO mx2.av-mx.com) by relay1.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 198492211 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:11:44 -0500 Received: (qmail 27885 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2006 17:11:44 -0000 Received: from dsl13061.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@66.243.212.61) by 0 with SMTP; 11 Mar 2006 17:11:44 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 66.243.212.61 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl13061.ywave.com Message-ID: <441304CE.3030506@ywave.com> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:11:42 -0800 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: stanb@panix.com References: <20060311160242.GA5933@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20060311160242.GA5933@teddy.fas.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: Xorg config problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:11:45 -0000 stan wrote: > I recycle old P2 class machines for a set of applications at work. I > switched to Xorg for these machines a while back, and was pleased to find > that I did not have to create a config file for Xorg as it was able to > autodetect all the correct stuff. > > Today, though I ran up on 2 machines that are the older end of the spectrum > of machines that I use for this, and for some reason this does not seem to > be working. > > Here's the Xorg logfiel from oen of these amchines: *SNIP* > My guess is thta the graphics cards on these machiens ahve too lilltle > memory to work with the default set of assumptions on these machines. > However I really don't need very hi-res displays on these amchines. > > Any sugestions as to how to get Xorg to work with these machines? > > Try doing an X -configure, which will write out an xorg.conf file for you. You can then tweak the settings to something that works. It looks like, from the log you sent, that the hsync refresh rate that Xorg is guessing is wrong. You might be able to google on your video card and find the right setting. HTH, Micah