Re: Trouble with X

From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 11/08/04

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    Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:21:53 -0600
To: Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net>

    Damien Hull wrote:

    >I installed 4.10 and got the system up and running. I've tried to setup
    >X but I'm not having any luck. I even followed the instructions in the
    >hand book.
    >
    >Here's what I have.
    >1. Onboard video
    >2. Works ok but only at 800x600
    >3. Text is bad
    >
    >Can someone tell me how to setup X in freebsd? Under Linux it just
    >works.
    >
    >

    As some have mentioned, the handbook's got most of what you
    need...however, tweaking sometimes improves things.

    As for your specific information:

    1. "Onboard video" ... OK. What chipset? Check the output of dmesg(8)
    and let us know ... that would likely affect the chipset/driver information
    that you need in /etc/X11/XF86Config.

    2. "Works ok but only at 800x600" ... OK. So maybe things aren't *quite*
    so bad? You need to have proper information about your horizontal sync
    and vertical refresh in the above-referenced file, and maybe even modelines,
    which is a subject beyond me. I have X running at 1200x1024 without 'em,
    though...

    Of course, you also need something like:

            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 24
                    Modes "1280x1024"
                    Modes "1600x1200"
                    Modes "1024x768"
            EndSubSection

    If all you have is a default XF86Config, I'm rather surprised you even
    get 800x600.....

    3. "Text is bad" ... Hmm. Did you read the handbook section on fonts?
    'Been a long time since I did this one ... but it's in there, and should
    give
    you pretty good results.

    Kevin Kinsey
    DaleCo, S.P.
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