Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 21:54:07 -0600 From: Laszlo Vagner <vagner@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setup Problems Message-ID: <352068DF.50FD5009@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329221345.23543N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Mike Shimony wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having a few problems setting up FreeBSD to run on my > > system. > > > > 1. Beside looking at the hardware is there a way to > > determine the address and irq of devices? > > If the hardware is working under another OS, check it's settings. > > > 2. I have Compudyne KD-1700V Monitor and a Diamond Speed > > Star Pro Video Card. While setting up Xwindows I entered the > > ranges for Horizontal (30-82kHz) and Vertical (50-120Hz). > > When I move a window I get small white horizontal lines > > flashing on the screen. And sometimes my mouse cursor turns > > into a bunch of vertical bars (like a bar code). I didn't > > set a clock for the video card. Should I run Xprobe even > > though It says not to. I was able to get this setup to work > > under Linux, and I've tried it with the same settings but it > > still doesn't work. Any suggestions? > > It should work; Linux and FreeBSD use the same X server, XFree86. I don't > know about the noise, it may be a resource conflict or chip misdetection. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I had a similiar problem but without the mouse problem, the solution was torun less colors instead of 32 bit color try 16 bit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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