Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 10:48:16 +0000 From: Kevin <kweiss@jump.net> To: zerohero2@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphical Problems with X Message-ID: <00036791e8639728_mailit@smtp.jump.net> In-Reply-To: <000701bfbe84$d0f8f3c0$1616fed4@zerohero> References: <000701bfbe84$d0f8f3c0$1616fed4@zerohero>
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An excellent guide for getting X Window up and running is: http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/Xwindows.phtml Hope that helps! Kevin Weiss kweiss@jump.net >Hi, > I just installed FreeBSD 3.3 on the slave HD in my gaming box (running >windows 98, the original not "special edition") and I'm having trouble >getting X to run. I installed X using x86config from sysinstall and had to >configure my video card, a Guillemot 3D Prophet SDR (nVidia Geforce chip), >manually as best I could. I selected the XF86_SVGA server, ignored the >chipset, and specified that I had 32768 kb of RAM. I configured my monitor >correctly based on the manual, so this shouldn't be the problem. When I boot >into X, I get nothing but garbled blocks of color and the odd greyish >scrambled line, and ctrl+alt+backspace doesn't work. ctrl+alt+del works >after I've been at the screen for about 30 seconds. I'm thinking this is a >result of misconfiguring my video card... what should I do? > >Here is a little info about my system (all that should be necessary I hope): > ADI Microscan 6P monitor - I don't think this is a problem > MSI 6167 Motherboard, BIOS v1.3 > AMD Athlon 600 mhz CPU overclocked to 700 mhz (with a very nice peltier >cool system -- never presented any problems) > 256 MB PC133 SDRAM > Guillemot 3D Prophet SDR Video Card > >I've checked all the FAQ's, a couple books (The Complete FreeBSD and UNIX >Power Tools), and posted to several forums with no luck. I've also tried >running XF86Setup without any luck - I got the same problem except when I >booted into windows my resolution had been decreased to 640x480 and my >refresh rate seemed pretty low. Anyways, I'd appreciate it if you guys could >help me out in any way. I'm still really new to UNIX, although I've done >plenty of reading and used Linux a bit -- I just figured out vi last night, >although I'd used emacs before and intent to use it with FreeBSD -- so a >point to some good newsgroups and other resources would be nice too. > >Thanks, >Scott Brackett >zerohero@dreadnaught.net > > >><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> ><HTML> ><HEAD> > ><META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> I just installed FreeBSD >3.3 >on the slave HD in my gaming box (running windows 98, the original not >"special edition") and I'm having trouble getting X to run. I >installed X using x86config from sysinstall and had to configure my video >card, >a Guillemot 3D Prophet SDR (nVidia Geforce chip), manually as best I >could. I selected the XF86_SVGA server, ignored the chipset, and >specified >that I had 32768 kb of RAM. I configured my monitor correctly based on >the >manual, so this shouldn't be the problem. When I boot into X, I get >nothing but garbled blocks of color and the odd greyish scrambled line, and >ctrl+alt+backspace doesn't work. ctrl+alt+del works after I've been at >the >screen for about 30 seconds. I'm thinking this is a result of >misconfiguring my video card... what should I do?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Here is a little info about my system (all >that >should be necessary I hope):</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> ADI Microscan 6P monitor - > I >don't think this is a problem</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> MSI 6167 Motherboard, BIOS >v1.3</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> AMD Athlon 600 mhz CPU >overclocked to 700 mhz (with a very nice peltier cool system -- never >presented >any problems)</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> 256 MB PC133 >SDRAM</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> Guillemot 3D Prophet SDR >Video Card</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=2>I've checked all the FAQ's, a couple books (The Complete >FreeBSD and UNIX Power Tools), and posted to several forums with no luck.& >nbsp; >I've also tried running XF86Setup without any luck - I got the same problem >except when I booted into windows my resolution had been decreased to 640x480 >and my refresh rate seemed pretty low. Anyways, I'd appreciate it if >you >guys could help me out in any way. I'm still really new to UNIX, >although >I've done plenty of reading and used Linux a bit -- I just figured out vi >last >night, although I'd used emacs before and intent to use it with FreeBSD -- so >a >point to some good newsgroups and other resources would be nice too. ></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=2>Scott Brackett</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=2>zerohero@dreadnaught.net</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> <BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> >> > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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