From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 8 13:53:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA08701 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:53:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freight.msn.bc.ca (pc-21656.bc.rogers.wave.ca [24.112.126.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08652 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:53:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bpepa@freight.msn.bc.ca) Received: from localhost (bpepa@localhost) by freight.msn.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA04105; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:56:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bpepa@freight.msn.bc.ca) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:56:50 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Pepa To: Alexander Batzios cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XF86Setup In-Reply-To: <19980208202419.16180.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Alexander Batzios wrote: > > Hullo. I have just installed the 2.2.5 ver of freebsd and all is well > except for Xwindows. When I enter XF86Setup and enter my monitor and > card settings it CAN, yes can, start the X server in 800x600 resolution. > But, when I run startx it goes to 800x600 x 1000 little black lines that > go up and down all the time. I've tried almost every possible modeline > that might fit my monitor (a handarex crystal) but I can't make the > black lines go away. So I thought that if I tried to run X the way > XF86Setup does when it tests the server it might work. Does anyone know > how XF86Setup starts the X server after the message " attempting to > start server? " > Thanks in advance > I had the exact same problem. My solution was to copy the XF86Config.eg example file and use it (it works on most my monitors & video cards). Try this: % cp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg /etc/XF86Config then, try running startx. This may fix the problems you've been having. Hope that helps, Ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message