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Date:      Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:05:39 +0100
From:      Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Godwin Stewart <gstewart@bonivet.net>
Subject:   Re: Xorg 6.8.1
Message-ID:  <200503010005.43707.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050228022547.GA49848@thought.org>
References:  <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502271136.44681.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050228022547.GA49848@thought.org>

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On Monday, 28. February 2005 03:25, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:36:43AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:12, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > > How about adjusting the configuration then?
> > >
> > > 	There is utterly no xorg.conf file; the xorg probes
> > > 	set the resolution to the max (1600x1200), and the
> > > 	display `quivers' --for lack of a better word.  So far
> > > 	my attemps with xorgcfg and xorgconfig work with
> > > 	startx only.  And the display is off-center (leftward).
> >
> > Try (as root)
> > X -configure
> > cp /root/xorg.conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf
> > Then edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > Look up the 'Section "Screen"' part and add 'DefaultDepth 24' in it then
> > edit the Modes line to have the resolution you want there.
> >
> > FYI X.Org should have just used your XF86-4 config file by default.
>
> 	XF86Config bombed instantly, even with startx.

Try looking at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to find out what's bombing. It might jus=
t=20
be the keyboard driver, IIRC it got renamed from "keyboard" to "kbd". The=20
config format is completely compatible.

> 	I'm still having troubl getting the Horz and Vert sync numbers
> 	right.

That's easy: Just find the manual of your CRT and copy over the numbers fro=
m=20
the technical data page.

=2D-=20
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