Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:10:28 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net>, bsd@sleve.mailshell.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfree86 Config Problems Message-ID: <oprq7s7qpg0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <20030623013832.N784@njamn8or.no-ip.org> References: <1056346788.3ef692a45a56c@www.mailshell.com> <20030623013832.N784@njamn8or.no-ip.org>
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:44:46 -0700 (PDT), Viktor Lazlo = <viktorlazlo@telus.net> wrote: > > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 bsd@sleve.mailshell.com wrote: > >> http://cgisleve.tripod.com/bsd/xfreebad.html is a web page of this in= fo. >> >> XFree86 Configuration Problems >> by Steve LeBlanc =C2=A9 2003.6.22 >> Installed FreeBSD for first time. Text login was fine. NIC worked. D= id = >> a telnet and ftp to computers on the Internet. All seemed to work exc= ept = >> for configuring XFree86. No screen found when I did startx. Below are= = >> the details: >> >> The full commented files: XF86Config.txt and XFreelog.txt >> >> Settings >> XFree86 Ver:4.2.1 (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 66= 00) >> Release Date: 3 September 2002 >> Motherboard: ECS K7S5A, 40GB drive, 256 Ram >> OS: FreeBSD 5.0 RELEASE >> Video: S3 Savage2000 (generic) 64MB, 3D >> Monitor: Cornea MT1700 17" LCD H: 31.5-80, V: 56-75 >> >> >> After install I tried both: xf86cfg -textmode and xf86config to >> reconfigure. I read the docs deeply and redid this 15 times, using th= e >> various command line tools. Each of the last 10 times, I typed in my >> settings and selected my Graphics card from the list. I just can't ge= t >> startx to work. Below are my XF86Config file and my XFree log file, w= ith >> comments removed. >> >> Fatal server error: >> no screens found > > Check the handbook: > > 5.4.2 Configuring XFree86 4.X > > Configuration of XFree86 4.X is a multi-step process. The first step i= s = > to > build an initial configuration file with the -configure option to = > XFree86. > As the super user, simply run: > > # XFree86 -configure > > Cheers, > > Viktor Check as well to see if you have multiple config files and are working h= ard = to alter the one the system *isn't* using. Jud
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