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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:37:06 -0600
From:      "Gerardo Enrique Paredes" <gerardo_enrique_paredes@hotmail.com>
To:        "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HElp with X windows
Message-ID:  <OE64xuq5dD6WFQhrtg70000b450@hotmail.com>
References:  <001001c14fbc$485fac00$0500a8c0@brockspc> <001a01c14fbc$66860670$0500a8c0@brockspc>

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You should direct your questions to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, one =
more thing. FreeBSD Rocks!!!!!
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Brock Kreiser=20
  To: Brock Kreiser ; freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org=20
  Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 11:45 PM
  Subject: Re: HElp with X windows



    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Brock Kreiser=20
    To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org=20
    Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 1:44 AM


    Hey all,
    =20
        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
    =20
    someone please help me!!!!!!!!!
    =20
    if you need more info just let me no!!!!! like i said before im just =
a newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You should direct your questions to <A=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 07, 2001 =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: HElp with X =
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title=3Droot63@earthlink.net>Brock=20
    Kreiser</A> </DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 08, =
2001 1:44=20
    AM</DIV>
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    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey all,</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok let first =
state that i am=20
    a total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin it except for X.... I no =
i gotta=20
    be doing something wrong someware but cant figure it out.... I'm =
running=20
    4.4R&nbsp;and vs.3.3.6 of X&nbsp;(Gnome with Enlightment}i&nbsp;got =
fbsd=20
    runnin on a&nbsp;amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card is a Nivida =
riva=20
    TNT2&nbsp;with 32megs of ram..&nbsp;My monitor is&nbsp;a gateway ev =
500=20
    &nbsp;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=20
    nasty its either 1 all grey and no pics or the display =
pixels&nbsp;are so=20
    huge and unclear you cant see anything at all...</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for the vid card selection i tried =
the nvidia=20
    riva tnt2(generic) also tried the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get =
it to=20
    work... I did have it working the first time i ran fbsd but then i =
messed=20
    something up severly and i ended up formating and starting all over =
again=20
    (what can i say Damn Newbies) and yes i have read over the handbook =
and even=20
    the complete fbsd book... but no matter what i cant get it to work.. =
1 more=20
    thing the one time i did get X to work... when runnin xf86config my =
vid card=20
    was # 362 which now is 466 how that happen i will never no but thats =
one of=20
    those lovely things about computers i guess.. </FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>someone please help =
me!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>if you need more info just let me =
no!!!!! like=20
    i said before im just a newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)=20
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