From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 22 20:27:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8B59106568D; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:27:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D3278FC18; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:27:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NNBJo-0007E7-Pd; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:26:59 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NNBJn-0000wW-UG; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:26:56 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBMKQtKT062447; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:26:55 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBMKQt4M062446; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:26:55 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:26:55 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20091222202655.GA62431@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091219182004.GA80336@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091219200730.GW74529@alchemy.franken.de> <20091219214803.GA10306@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091220150005.GA74529@alchemy.franken.de> <20091220221010.GA18788@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091220222012.GB74529@alchemy.franken.de> <20091222121533.GA60398@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091222184207.GA61999@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -4.5 X-Spam-Level: ---- Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: SOLVED: Re: Signal over range, WAS: X -configure fails: Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:27:00 -0000 On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:26:03PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > Warren, thank you, but this doesn't help. I've added: > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > HorizSync 30-50 > > VertRefresh 60 > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "mach64" > > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > > EndSection > > Hmm. Some web searching says non-Intel platforms might need a different > reference clock: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml#doc_chap4_sect1 out of desperation was re-reading the manual and saw this: Starting with Xorg 7.4 and above, this test produces a black screen which may make it difficult to diagnose whether X11 is working properly. The older behavior is still available by using the retro option: # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro so, yes, I got the grey screen and a cross, and the mouse seems to be working. Warren, many thanks for your help! -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423