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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 01:22:19 -0400
From:      "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   need help with Xwindows
Message-ID:  <011f01c14fb9$376ba4b0$0500a8c0@brockspc>

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Hey all,

    Ok let first state that i am a total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin it except for X.... I no i gotta be doing something wrong someware but cant figure it out.... I'm running 4.4R and vs.3.3.6 of X (Gnome with Enlightment}i got fbsd runnin on a amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card is a Nivida riva TNT2 with 32megs of ram.. My monitor is a gateway ev 500  horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is 50-100....
i can get x to start but the display is just nasty its either 1 all grey and no pics or the display pixels are so huge and unclear you cant see anything at all...
for the vid card selection i tried the nvidia riva tnt2(generic) also tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to work... I did have it working the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed something up severly and i ended up formating and starting all over again (what can i say Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook and even the complete fbsd book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more thing the one time i did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my vid card was # 362 which now is 466 how that happen i will never no but thats one of those lovely things about computers i guess.. 

someone please help me!!!!!!!!!

if you need more info just let me no!!!!! like i said before im just a newbie trying to escape from microsoft :) 

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok let first state that i am a 
total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin it except for X.... I no i gotta be 
doing something wrong someware but cant figure it out.... I'm running 
4.4R&nbsp;and vs.3.3.6 of X&nbsp;(Gnome with Enlightment}i&nbsp;got fbsd runnin 
on a&nbsp;amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card is a Nivida riva 
TNT2&nbsp;with 32megs of ram..&nbsp;My monitor is&nbsp;a gateway ev 500 
&nbsp;horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is 50-100....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i can get x to start but the display is just nasty 
its either 1 all grey and no pics or the display pixels&nbsp;are so huge and 
unclear you cant see anything at all...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for the vid card selection i tried the nvidia riva 
tnt2(generic) also tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to work... I 
did have it working the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed something up 
severly and i ended up formating and starting all over again (what can i say 
Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook and even the complete fbsd 
book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more thing the one time i 
did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my vid card was # 362 which now is 
466 how that happen i will never no but thats one of those lovely things about 
computers i guess.. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>someone please help me!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if you need more info just let me no!!!!! like i 
said before im just a newbie trying to escape from microsoft :) 
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help

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