Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:17:14 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Niki Kovacs <contact@kikinovak.net> Subject: Re: Problem configuring X: FreeBSD 6.4, Intel video card, Fujitsu lifebook Message-ID: <200812021317.16172.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <49351D20.7030507@kikinovak.net> References: <49351D20.7030507@kikinovak.net>
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On Tuesday 02 December 2008 12:33:52 Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed FreeBSD 6.4 on a Fujitsu lifebook. I'm quite new to
> FreeBSD (see previous post "Introduction"). Some time ago, I had bought
> (and partially read) Michael Urban's "FreeBSD 6 Unleashed". I just
> worked through the initial chapters, and managed installing FreeBSD and
> configuring X just fine. Only I ran into trouble installing a desktop
> environment, since building gnome2-lite failed. I thought before doing
> anything, I'd get a more recent set of FreeBSD install discs, since the
> book includes 6.1, which seems a bit outdated.
>
> Now I did an install using a set of 6.4 install discs. Everything ran
> fine, except I can't get X to work anymore.
>
> Configuration:
>
> # Xorg -configure
> # mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> And then test:
>
> # startx
>
> X crashes with the following error message:
>
> Fatal server error:
> Couldn't find PLL settings for mode!
>
> I googled about this and found a few results... on the Ubuntu 8.10
> bugtracker. Apparently the 'intel' video driver has some problems with
> my specific Intel video card.
>
> What now? Try to use the older 'i810' instead of 'intel'? But how would
> I do that? Simply replacing the corresponding "Driver" line in xorg.conf
> doesn't help.
How doesn't it help? Is the driver loaded or not? Any relevant info
in /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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