Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:21:53 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Trouble with X Message-ID: <418ED841.7040708@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <1099868149.3538.10.camel@tower1.local> References: <1099868149.3538.10.camel@tower1.local>
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Damien Hull wrote:
>I installed 4.10 and got the system up and running. I've tried to setup
>X but I'm not having any luck. I even followed the instructions in the
>hand book.
>
>Here's what I have.
>1. Onboard video
>2. Works ok but only at 800x600
>3. Text is bad
>
>Can someone tell me how to setup X in freebsd? Under Linux it just
>works.
>
>
As some have mentioned, the handbook's got most of what you
need...however, tweaking sometimes improves things.
As for your specific information:
1. "Onboard video" ... OK. What chipset? Check the output of dmesg(8)
and let us know ... that would likely affect the chipset/driver information
that you need in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
2. "Works ok but only at 800x600" ... OK. So maybe things aren't *quite*
so bad? You need to have proper information about your horizontal sync
and vertical refresh in the above-referenced file, and maybe even modelines,
which is a subject beyond me. I have X running at 1200x1024 without 'em,
though...
Of course, you also need something like:
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
Modes "1600x1200"
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
If all you have is a default XF86Config, I'm rather surprised you even
get 800x600.....
3. "Text is bad" ... Hmm. Did you read the handbook section on fonts?
'Been a long time since I did this one ... but it's in there, and should
give
you pretty good results.
Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.
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