Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 15:04:50 -0800 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Configuring XFree 4 (was: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall Makefile dispatch.c dist.c install.c menus.c sysinstall.8) Message-ID: <32305.1017961490@winston.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> of "Thu, 04 Apr 2002 03:55:39 PST." <20020404115539.GE2303@freebsdmall.com>
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> xf86cfg uses "XFree86 -configure" to detect the hardware before > entering graphical mode, then allows you to edit the configuration > file that is generated. Oh yeah, I think I've mentioned this before but just to bring it back into focus so we're not blind-sided by other reports, XFree86 4.x will bring you to grief if you have one of those Athlon-based Compaq machines, and possibly one of their Intel based models (but I can't personally verify that which use the following on-board graphical chipset: pci1: <S3 model 8a26 graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 3 pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x134d, dev=0x7897) at 4.0 irq 10 [And no, I have absolutely no idea what this weird S3 thing is. My experience with S3 chipsets is something which has thankfully diminished over time] In this scenario, X -configure will thwack your FreeBSD 4.x box so hard that you won't even get a crashdump out of it. Total system wedge, nothing to do but push the reset button, etc. Unfortunately, the box I have which does this is sitting in a room surrounded by Macs, so even running a serial console in order to see if there's any actual panic message is somewhat problematic at the moment. I keep meaning to bring in a PC laptop and a suitable cable to try this with but it just never seems to happen. Maybe I should just walk into Mike Smith's office and try to pester him into hooking something up since I'm sure he's got so much semi-sentient junk in there that he could cobble something together just out of the spare parts bin. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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