From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 1 18:55:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from uranus.interscope.ro (ns.interscope.ro [193.226.188.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B208837B65B for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 18:55:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from KoronkaS@interscope.ro) Received: by URANUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:07:10 +0300 Message-ID: From: Stefan KORONKA To: 'David Calkins' Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: odd video problem after installation Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:07:09 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: David Calkins [mailto:david_calkins@hotmail.com] > Subject: odd video problem after installation > > I just purchased FreeBSD v4.0, installed it and am having > some odd video > problems after installation. I have been unable to find an > answer to this > in the docs/FAQ/etc. so I am posting here. > > I am using an ATI Expert 128 video card (Rage 128 GL chip, > 16MB ram). In in > X setup utility, I chose the ATI Rage 128 (Generic) card > option. Also, I > selected the WindowMaker window manager during install. > > When I run startx, things seem to come up ok. But, I seem to get odd > looking display 'defects'. Groups of vertical lines appear > in different > places. Also, the font is not visible at all. The window > borders, etc. > appear ok as well as the icons (with some defects in the > icons as well). > > I've tried switching to different video modes, but it always happens. > > Any ideas? It isn't an FreeBSD issue; you may want to check the XFree86 compatibility list (www.xfree86.org). Maybe you need to install XFree86 4.0.1, which (I think) has better support for Rage 128. Stefan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message