Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:46:21 +0200 From: CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> To: Gary and El Byrnes <elgaz@iprimus.com.au>, CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu>, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Window problem Message-ID: <200305061446.21164.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> In-Reply-To: <013001c313cc$6243c310$0137a8c0@rooter> References: <20030506100549.GC95479@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <200305061402.17653.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> <013001c313cc$6243c310$0137a8c0@rooter>
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Ah, I've had that before....the getty stuff... ok, post your entry from /etc/ttys for /dev/ttyv8 should be something like: ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure verify that you don't have 2 entries...Now, while you do that I'll rack my brain to remember what I did to stop that... Anthony On Tuesday 06 May 2003 14:38, Gary and El Byrnes wrote: > I actually don't know. I tried searching www.fcc.gov > <http://www.fcc.gov>; for it but no data. I tried reducing to what you > suggested. The screen rapidly flashes from the command prompt to black. > When I hit ctrl+alt+del I can see a message "getty repeating too quickly > on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs". ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CARTER <mailto:a.carter@cordis.lu> Anthony > To: Gary and El Byrnes <mailto:elgaz@iprimus.com.au> ; Matthew Seaman > <mailto:m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> ; CARTER Anthony > <mailto:a.carter@cordis.lu> > Cc: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mailto:mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> ; > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:02 PM > Subject: Re: X Window problem > > How much RAM is on your S3 Trio64? Are you sure you are not trying to > get a > resolution that your card has not enough RAM for? > > Try reducing colours to 16-bit and screen resolution to 800x600 and test > > that... > > Anthony > > On Tuesday 06 May 2003 13:41, Gary and El Byrnes wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am so glad I learnt so much already. I rebooted several times and > > ran > > > mount -a and it didn't give me any error messages. > > > > I tried playing around with my system and I can't get X to work. Could > > somebody please help me. I am wondering what would be the closest > > ranges > > > I should pick to get this to work. I tried a few and they didn't work. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Elvira > > > > Video card: S3 Trio64 > > Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 171s - > > Horizontal Rate > > Vertical Rate > > Maximum Pixel Rate 30 ~ 81 KHz > > 56 ~ 76 Hz > > 135MHz > > 1280 x 1024 > > VGA 640 x 480 @ 85Hz > > SVGA 800 x 600 @ 85 Hz > > XGA 1024 x 768 @ 85 Hz > > SXGA 1284 x 1024 @ 76Hz > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Matthew Seaman < mailto:m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk > > <mailto:m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> > > > > To: CARTER Anthony < mailto:a.carter@cordis.lu > > <mailto:a.carter@cordis.lu> > > > > Cc: Eduardo Viruena Silva < mailto:mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx > > <mailto:mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> > ; Gary and El > > > < mailto:elgaz@iprimus.com.au <mailto:elgaz@iprimus.com.au> > Byrnes ; > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > > < mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:19 PM > > Subject: Re: X Window problem
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