Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 13:50:09 -0700 From: Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold <gunnar@paganlibrary.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree strangeness... Message-ID: <99090813520103.00389@gunnar.my.domain> References: <37D6BD3D.85E1FC42@xonix.com>
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I had a similar problem, (still do, but I know why now). Before I firmly plant my foot, could you run: startx > xerrors.txt to capture the errors that are otherwise slipping past? On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, Ugen Antsilevitch wrote: > All right.. I have here 4.0 snapshot from 27 of August. I also installed > XFree 3.3.4 - yes, they say it's not the best release and it does behave > weirdly but this is not the problem.. > Anyhow, i run XF86Setup and it starts X in 640x480 mode which is good. > I am able to configure it , however results never get saved and restart > of server doesn't work. I copied the same files XF86Setup uses as X > configuration file (it's in /tmp/.XF86Setupsomething etc) and tried > to run X with those files - but i only get 320x200 mode. > Now, i do have ATI Rage Fury card which as itself is not supported > by XFree yet AFAIK. But it should work in SVGA mode? Instead > SVGA server ignores all my mode settings and goes right for 320x200 built-in. > Why does it do that? How is it that XF86Setup succeedes to run X in 640x480 > with the same config file? And what the hell do i do now (short of buying another > video card)? > > --Ugen > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Gunnar H Reichert-Weygold Postmaster, The Pagan Library http://www.paganlibrary.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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