Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 01:52:01 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Subject: Re: any ideas why these xorg hassles??? Message-ID: <200503040152.02290.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200503040134.33418.ringworm01@gmail.com> References: <20050304085526.GA88144@thought.org> <200503040134.33418.ringworm01@gmail.com>
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On Friday 04 March 2005 01:34 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2005 12:55 am, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Here's the story XFree-4 vs xorg. I have 4 platforms on > > a KVM so every machine uses the same tube. With XFree, > > my 3 FBSD systems had a flawless 1280x1024 display. With > > xorg, on my E-machines (ATI-Rage- 4M Video) the screen > > quivers. On my HP Kayak (Matrox II 8M) the display is > > steady but the tube is complaining "INVALID SYNC". The > > CRT is a high-end Hitachi. I got the exact specs for both > > the horiz and vert hertz ranges. Before, I was just > > close. Now everything is dead-on. > > > > Another couple things. With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth' > > to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16. If I > > do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails. (It "tries" to' > > initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen > > flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.) > > > > Can anyone clue me in on howto get back to XFree on both > > systems? I know about make.conf, but what should I > > pkg_delete? > > I'm running portmanager on a test system to see if it is able to > switch between XFree86 and xorg, if it is all you need due is make > the change in make.conf then run portmanager -u. I'll know in an > hour or so the results. > > -Mike > It works, test passed. If you change X_WINDOW_SYSTEM= in make.conf and as soon as portmanager -u finds any one port that depends on X and needs upgrading it will switch everthing to what ever version you have selected with X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=. This will take a while if you have a lot of X related ports installed.... -Mike
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