Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 16:32:26 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X11 setup .... Message-ID: <53E6936A.900@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408091628040.96880@fledge.watson.org> References: <53E641C3.4040409@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408091258160.96880@fledge.watson.org> <53E666F0.809@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408091628040.96880@fledge.watson.org>
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On 08/09/14 15:37, doug wrote: > On Sat, 9 Aug 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> On 08/09/14 12:03, doug wrote: >>> On Sat, 9 Aug 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>> >>>> .... I am following the instructions at >>>> [1]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.h >>>> >>>> tml to get my newly installed xorg setup. I stepped through >>>> everything >>>> up to the 'Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro' which didn't fail, bit >>>> didn't behave quite like it was supposed to .... Machine is AMD >>>> Jaguar >>>> Kabini based, quad core, 1.3 GHz, 25W, gfx on die: >>>> Aug 9 10:23:34 kabini1 kernel: CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) 3850 APU with >>>> Radeon(tm) R3 (1297.59-MHz K8-class CPU) >>>> xorg detects it as: BoardName "Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 >>>> Series]" >>>> The above test is supposed to give a black & grey grid on the >>>> screen, >>>> w/ an X-mouse. I have the mouse, & it moves around, although >>>> click-&-drag does nothing, & I might have the grid, although it is >>>> pixel-by-pixel, not finitely sized grid .... The troubleshooting >>>> page >>>> is little help .... Am I good to go or not :-/ ? TIA .... >>>> -- >>> Look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Errors are somewhat esoteric unless you >>> know a lot about X11 but they are clearly marked. You can subscribe >>> to the X11 mailing list or just search the archives of that list. >>> >>> You can see if you are good to go by trying startx. >> >> Thanks. My question was poorly articulated, should have been 'am I OK >> for XFCE ?' .... I plunged on & started XFCE, & it works mostly >> pretty good, but the gfx is definitely spotty, lotta flickering, >> background on desktop looks a bit dicey, window frames are granular & >> flickery. I just looked through /var/log/Xorg.0.log & there are *no* >> errors (no '(EE)'s) .... what now :-/ .... > Ah - my desktop of choice. The X11 list might help. I excel at > choosing PCs whose video card are not supported. However flickering > and worse in my experience has meant driver errors. Have you tried the > vesa driver? You will not get the full use of the card but if that > driver does not work it may mean hardware issues. If you have a > windows partition, it is good to test the hardware. > > I am afraid this one is above my pay grade :( > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It's already on the vesa driver, & the 'gfx card' is on die w/ the CPU .... No sweat, I figured I might have a few glitches w/ such new hardware .... When you say X11 list, do you mean the FreeBSD/X11 list, or X.org ? Thanks :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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