From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 02:55:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF8A16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:55:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from S3.cableone.net (smtp3.cableone.net [24.116.0.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4F7D43D48 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:55:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.122.25]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 833179 for multiple; Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:58:48 -0700 Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 20:54:51 -0600 From: Vulpes Velox To: Damien Hull Message-ID: <20041107205451.2100b856@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <1099869003.3906.14.camel@tower1.local> References: <1099868149.3538.10.camel@tower1.local> <1099869003.3906.14.camel@tower1.local> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net cc: gabriel cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Trouble with X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 02:55:19 -0000 On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:10:03 -0900 Damien Hull wrote: > I'm reinstalling 4.10. I think I broke something trying to get X > working. As soon as I get data in the X logs I'll check them. What exact steps did you go through. I doubt what ever you did would result in the need for a reinstall. > I'm going to give frambuffer a try. Don't know if this will work but > I've seen it work well under Linux. Ehh, frame buffers are over rated... any ways, do this as root... X -configure cp ~/ /etc/X11/XF86Config xf86cfg -textmode startx or xdm or whatever... > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 15:03 -0800, gabriel wrote: > > Try looking at the XFree86 logs. Under linux it works cause it'll > > soon be a copy of M$. But yes, look at the logs, they are always > > useful./var/log/X* > > > > > > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:55:49 -0900, 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. > > > > > > -- > > > Damien Hull > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > -- > Damien Hull > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"