From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 15 13:29:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA22312 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:29:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from portal.visa.com (portal.visa.com [198.80.42.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA22307 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:29:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by portal.visa.com id AA25979 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG); Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:29:08 -0700 Received: by portal.visa.com (Protected-side Proxy Mail Agent-1); Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:29:08 -0700 Message-Id: From: "Majmundar, Sam" To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Resolution and system backup questions on freeBSD 4.3 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:37:40 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.995.52 Encoding: 23 TEXT Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Greetings! I replaced my 13" monitor with 17" on cyrix 166+ PC running BSD 4.3, and it crashed while loading X using .fvwmrc (NT look-like interface). I reinstalled everything from the backup and have the following questions: 1. Graphics on X flickers a lot and the resolution is extremely bad. On the NT partition, things work just wonderful. On BSD, it is the most horrible resolution that I have ever seen. I tuned using XF86Config file, but I have no idea about the Video card chipset, etc. When mouse moves in and out of Netscape, it changes colors from black to white and when I move a browser window, it leaves multi-color ghosts behind. What am I doing wrong??? 2. I had a hard time restoring from the backup. Two of the tarred files complained about unexpected end of tar file. Fortunately I had 4 backup tapes of different dates. Also, I was careful not to override system devices, and it took almost one complete day to recover. Is there a better way to take backup - so that in case of machine crash, I can bring it up in a matter of hours?? Thanks Sam