From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 19:00:10 2005 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 DAAC716A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:00:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from codegurus.org (cpc2-stoc7-3-0-cust147.midd.cable.ntl.com [81.104.76.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C1343D46 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:00:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mwalker@codegurus.org) Received: from codegurus.org (codegurus.org [192.168.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by codegurus.org (8.13.2/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0HJ0Mpe026066 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:00:22 GMT (envelope-from mwalker@codegurus.org) From: Mick Walker To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:00:21 +0000 Message-Id: <1105988421.2431.18.camel@codegurus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Configuring X [Fixed] 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, 17 Jan 2005 19:00:11 -0000 On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 13:07 +0000, Walker, Michael wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having a real problem setting up X under FreeBSD 5.3 on a Acer > Travelmate 280 laptop. > The laptop uses the Intel onboard i810 video controller, I know Xorg has > issues with this controller from past experience, so I added the necessary > line to my /etc/make.conf and proceeded to build XFree86-4. (My ports tree > is updated as of yesterday afternoon) > > However I can't seem to find a useable mode, when I try to configure X using > "xf86cfg -textmode" I select the appropriate values, and run the test it > specifies, the test works great, I get a plain screen with nothing on it, > and the mouse (touchpad in this case) is working perfectly, but the > resolution is low, it looks less than 800x600 to be honest. > If I try to "startx" at any depth setting the screen just goes black and > locks up, I cant return to the console, and ctrl+alt+del does not restart X. > I have to turn the machine off and back on manually, which results in the > boot up sequence complaining about things not being correctly unmounted. > > I have used XFree86 on this laptop before, however that was using FreeBSD > 5.2.1 and it worked fine. And it also works fine on my desktop machine (that > to has a Intel i810 controller) > Does anyone have any ideas where in my setup I am going wrong, or have a > working XF86Config file for their Intel video controller. > > Regards > > Mick Walker > NAAFI Finance International Just to update people, I managed to solve my issues by going into my system BIOS and changing my video memory from 1mb to 8mb. Thanks to all who replied.