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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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_011C_01C14F97.ACB45540 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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..=20 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 :)=20 ------=_NextPart_000_011C_01C14F97.ACB45540 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Ok let first state = that i am a=20 total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin it except for X.... I no i = gotta be=20 doing something wrong someware but cant figure it out.... I'm running=20 4.4R and vs.3.3.6 of X (Gnome with Enlightment}i got fbsd = runnin=20 on a amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card is a Nivida riva=20 TNT2 with 32megs of ram.. My monitor is a gateway ev 500=20 horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is = 50-100....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i can get x to start but the display is = just nasty=20 its either 1 all grey and no pics or the display pixels are so huge = and=20 unclear you cant see anything at all...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for the vid card selection i tried the = nvidia riva=20 tnt2(generic) also tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to = work... I=20 did have it working the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed = something up=20 severly and i ended up formating and starting all over again (what can i = say=20 Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook and even the = complete fbsd=20 book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more thing the one = time i=20 did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my vid card was # 362 which = now is=20 466 how that happen i will never no but thats one of those lovely things = about=20 computers i guess.. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>someone please help = me!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>if you need more info just let me = no!!!!! like i=20 said before im just a newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)=20 </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_011C_01C14F97.ACB45540-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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