From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 19:54:43 2004 Return-Path: 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 4515C16A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:54:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0991943D68 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:54:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.59.2.251?) (wyoming?antelope@63.164.80.30 with plain) by smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 31 Oct 2004 19:54:42 -0000 Message-ID: <41853A96.9000506@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:18:46 -0700 From: Lloyd Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." References: <4182C0A9.8040701@yahoo.com> <4182CE6A.60708@daleco.biz> <4182F7E6.3030606@yahoo.com> <41830671.3040107@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <41830671.3040107@daleco.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg86 -config error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:54:43 -0000 Yes, it's a 6 year old Gateway Laptop. I thought this informations was for new users of their port system. Anyway, I found a solution. I installed v5.2.1 on it. I still have a few errors that I am working out, but the Xserver starts fine. I'll start a new thread for them. Lloyd Hayes Email: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Lloyd Hayes wrote: > >> Sorry, I didn't finish the reply before sending the previous message. >> >> Yes, I was logged in as root. >> I was looking and could not find a configuration file, so I started >> reading the docs. They refer to setting the X- software during the >> installation, but that option was not presented to me. I can install >> v5.2.1 and it will be right there. But on v5.3, it isn't there. >> >> The docs on the CD also referred to using : Xorg -configure >> You've read the error that I got. >> >> So, I headed for the Xorg website and downloaded some of their PDF >> help files. >> >> These two pages are part of the same online document which you can >> download in PDF format. >> >> http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.8.0/doc/newport2.html >> http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.8.0/doc/newport3.html >> >> Xorg only has a 1280x1024 mode. My old laptop supports an 800x600x18 >> screen. (As opposed to the 800x600x16 that I posted before.) Xorg >> supports 8 and 24 bit color. >> >> >> Lloyd Hayes > > > > OK, so what you meant to say is something like "X.Org only supports 8 and > 24-bit modes at 1280x1024 for the SGI newport cards." > > Now, is that really the card you have? I'm rather dense, but I thought > you > said you have a Gateway laptop, not an SGI workstation with a "newport" > video card in it ... > > KDK > >