From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 1 12:07:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA25799 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:07:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA25794 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:07:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA04661; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:07:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:07:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Ed Booij cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Toshiba Satelite 110CS/810 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Ed Booij wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD (CDROM R2.1) and Xfree on a Toshiba > Satelite 110CS/810 notebook pc. FreeBSD is running right now, but > I'm not sure right how to configure XFree with xf86config for a notebook. > What Xserver should I use? > s system has a LCD color screen, and I don't have any information > about video modes, etc. The server is most likely the SVGA server, since Toshibas tend to use the Chips & Tech video chipsets which are directly supported by the SVGA server. You'll want to fetch the beta server from ftp.xfree86.org. The modelines are the tricky part. Look in the mobile list archives for some hints. A friend of mine just got it up and running a few weeks ago and it looks pretty neat. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major