Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:41:12 -0700 From: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: pippo@bellnet.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes Message-ID: <20021025064112.4d0c0e07.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021025090708.00aaae60@pop51.bellnet.ca> References: <3DB8D805.5080304@wiegand.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20021025090708.00aaae60@pop51.bellnet.ca>
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It's working now, I did have to set the HorizSync and VertRefresh info manually. Seems I recall reading something about X not needing those anymore after v4.1.0, but maybe not. Anyway, Thanks to all. -- Chip W pippo@bellnet.ca wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:13:18 -0400: > At 10:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > For what it's worth, I had a similar problem. > First, I think you need the vertical and horizontal frequencies in the > > Monitor section- > Mine is: > HorizSync 30.0 - 95.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 > > This is specific to my kSony Trinitron MultiscanE500 - Yours will be > different. I found that the default Depth did nothing for me, so I > didn't enter it. Then, you will have to experiment with the Depth and > Mode settings until you get one that works - this may be dependent on > the video memory of your card. > I got mine to work with Depth 8 and Modes "1280x1024" "1024x728" and > Depth 16 and Modes "1280x1024" "1024x728" ; my card is supposed to > support 1600x1200 and depth of 24 (I think), but what the hell, it > works quite well. Good luck, > PJ > > >Okay, I have X running in 640x480 or 320x240 modes. > >As you can see in the XFree86Config file below it is set > >to display at higher resolutions. I know the monitor will > >do it because the box dual-boots win2k and it runs the > >graphics at 1024x768/16bit. > >I added an old AGP video card, disabled the onboard video. > >Why is the system ignoring the settings for the screens? > >-- > >Chip W > > > >----------------------------------------- > >Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "XFree86 Configured" > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > >EndSection > > > >Section "Files" > > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > >EndSection > > > >Section "Module" > > Load "dbe" > > Load "dri" > > Load "extmod" > > Load "glx" > > Load "pex5" > > Load "record" > > Load "xie" > > Load "xtrap" > > Load "speedo" > > Load "type1" > >EndSection > > > >Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > Driver "keyboard" > >EndSection > > > >Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Mouse0" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems" > > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" > >EndSection > > > >Section "Monitor" > > #DisplaySize 260 200 # mm > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > VendorName "ADI" > > ModelName "741" > > Option "DPMS" > >EndSection > > > >Section "Device" > > ### Available Driver options are:- > > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > > ### [arg]: arg optional > > #Option "accel" # [<bool>] > > #Option "crt_screen" # [<bool>] > > #Option "composite_sync" # [<bool>] > > #Option "hw_cursor" # [<bool>] > > #Option "linear" # [<bool>] > > #Option "mmio_cache" # [<bool>] > > #Option "probe_clocks" # [<bool>] > > #Option "reference_clock" # <freq> > > #Option "shadow_fb" # [<bool>] > > #Option "sw_cursor" # [<bool>] > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "ati" > > VendorName "ATI" > > BoardName "Mach64 GD" > > ChipSet "ati" > > ChipId 0x4744 > > ChipRev 0x5c > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > >EndSection > > > >Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > DefaultDepth 16 > > > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 1 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 4 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 8 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 15 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 16 > > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > EndSubSection > >EndSection > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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