Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:43:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: Jason McGee <goodmis@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printers, Ports & Video Drivers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905101637440.7677-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <19990510130938.89053.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 10 May 1999, Jason McGee wrote: > I set up FreeBSD and I am having problems printing. I verified that the > /var/spool directory exists and the print files exist. I did an lptest and > the printer responded. When I tried lpr, I got the following: > > lpr: connect: No such file or directory > jobs queued, but cannot start daemon You've to enable the line printer daemon (lpd) on system boot in /etc/rc.conf. > I have a Dell computer with a S3 Vision 968 PCI card. I want to set up X but > I don't know which driver to install. One other question, how can I change > the refresh rate on the monitor. I read the instructions , but I still > don't know how. Try /usr/X11R6/bin/SuperProbe; it will analyze your card and suggest a driver (probably XF86_SVGA or XF86_S3). The refreesh rate will implicitly by set by resolution, hsync and vsync frequency when you set up X. Regards // // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ _______ // Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ // Datenverarbeitung mbH GÖttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / // Am Faßberg, D-37077 GÖttingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve ----- // http://www.freebsd.org // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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