From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 5 18:23:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (unknown [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3126637B423 for ; Sat, 5 May 2001 18:23:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f461NJ723106; Sun, 6 May 2001 11:23:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 11:23:19 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: DAC Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Configuring X Message-ID: <20010506112319.C6584@welearn.com.au> References: <200105050521.WAA23360@va1.dslextreme.com> <200105050301.UAA11937@va1.dslextreme.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200105050301.UAA11937@va1.dslextreme.com>; from usmc1@dslextreme.com on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:04:28PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:04:28PM -0800, DAC wrote: > Is there a default video card selection , my video card is built into > the motherboard (I dont know who makes the MB ) this is a Compaq > Deskpro pentium 100 , if anyone knows where to go from here or where > to look on the MB please let me know ,sorry to bug 'ya If you run the X configuration program and cannot identify your video card (or whatever it is) in the list, you can't tell X how to speak to it. When faced with that problem myself, if nobody else can suggest anything, I've used the generic Super VGA settings (can't remember what they're called). Sorry, I'm not the person to ask, I've been installing FreeBSD for years and always get stumped on X setups no matter what the brand of Unix, because I always seem to get whacky hardware that nobody knows about. The current machine for example runs only 640x480 8bpp or text console mode because I have no manual for the no-name monitor. I'm not asking for help for myself, but showing you that it is no reflection on your FreeBSD ability, and that others might not know either, that you can do a lot without X, and that I am the _last_ person you should be asking :-) Also, you should realise that once you have X running, your work will still be mainly typing at a command line just as it would be without X. There's no "click here to turn your desktop into a server and dial your ISP" kind of magic. So don't fret, and while waiting you can do all of your FreeBSD work without X because it doesn't need a GUI (unless you need to work with pictures), instead of stressing out or stopping. On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 10:25:09PM -0800, DAC wrote: > Warning :'fonts.dir" not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts 100dp > i". > Entry deleted from font path. > (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100di") Here it's trying to tell you exactly what to do to fix your fonts, but it's a bit opaque to a newbie. 'man mkfontdir' shows that the syntax is easy, in this case (as root) you should run mkfontdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100di to get rid of that error message. It won't help you get X set up, though. > (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ > fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dp > i" > (--) SVGA : PCI: Cirrus Logic GD5436 rev 0, Memory @ 0x0000000 > (--) SVGA : clgd5436: Specifying a clocks line makes no sense for this driver > (--) SVGA : Chipset: clgd5436 > (--) SVGA : videoram: 1024k > (**) SVGA : clocks 25.23 28.32 41.16 36.08 31.50 39.99 45.08 > (**) SVGA : Using 24 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight : 888 > (--) SVGA : Maximum allowed dot-clock: 48.810 Mhz > (--) SVGA : There is no mode definition named "640x480" > > > > Fatal server error: > No valid modes found. > > X connection to:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > I realize this is a videocard error, my card is not really a card, > but a chip attatched to the motherboard Cirrus Logic GD5436 Try searching for relevant terms, such as 'Cirrus Logic' or 'GD5436', in the freebsd-questions archive (if it's up) or on dejanews. Someone might have had this problem before and solved it. Maybe some kind soul from freebsd-questions will step in and tell us that I'm stupid and there is a simple answer :-) -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message