Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 21:47:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Cc: XFree86 FreeBSD LIST <FreeBsd-XFree86@Lists.CSociety.Org>, XFree86 LIST <Newbie@XFree86.Org> Subject: I x-have x-amazing x-news! Message-ID: <20020622214152.U561-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com>
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Remembering reading something about just settling for UNaccelerated XFree86 use, I recently edited the ~/XF86Config.new file created by `XFree86 -configure` and changed the line saying "ati" (driver) to "svga" (having long-given-up on the r128 driver and replacement r128 driver I downloaded from sourceforge.net) That produced an error in my /var/log/XFree86.0.log file about a "Fatal error ... no screens found" or something. Well the x-AMAZING NEWS is that I remembered to check the contents of the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ directory and, noticing no svga driver, in seeing the vga driver ... [catches his excited breath] changed the line in my XF86Config.new file from svga to vga and ran X! Well it worked, but a hugely-dotted background and a huge X (movable) cursor is all I get. What's the next step, that is, to get a normal 1024x768 resolution and functional desktop manager? :) Yeay! -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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