From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 03:10:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA8137B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:10:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (ny2.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B6F43FEA for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:10:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (server1.internal [10.202.2.132]) by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D276A5E393; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:10:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:10:34 -0400 X-Epoch: 1056363034 X-Sasl-enc: VhaJ4bsqJnK2oN3MFuu4+Q Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.79.151.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.79.151]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4312913A; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:10:30 -0400 (EDT) To: Viktor Lazlo , bsd@sleve.mailshell.com References: <1056346788.3ef692a45a56c@www.mailshell.com> <20030623013832.N784@njamn8or.no-ip.org> Message-ID: From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:10:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030623013832.N784@njamn8or.no-ip.org> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 2957 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfree86 Config Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:10:38 -0000 On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:44:46 -0700 (PDT), Viktor Lazlo = 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