Yes you are speaking about the frame buffer but I believe there is a difference between it with linux and it with X (please someone correct me if I am wrong I never got quite clear on that) you can certainly try Driver "fbdev" in your XF86Config but without garantee... Lionel --- Chris Odum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you check whether your video card is supported in 4.x.x? It should be > in 3.3.6 but that's > > rather modest in comparison to 4.2.. > > Yes, I have looked it up already. Not only that, but it works in Slackware > so I *know* it's possible. The way it works in Slackware is during the > install of the OS, it asks me about a resolution for lilo.conf (?) and X > works if I pick any resolution besides 'standard' ... I think it has > something to do with a framebuffer server (?), but I don't know what that > is, why it matters, and how (if) I can set it up in FreeBSD. That is what I > am trying to find out :) > > > --- Chris Odum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Installed the 'minimal' version of FreeBSD 4.5 and downloaded the X > > > > > binaries (4.2.0) and installed them myself. > > > > > > > > Does that mean you did not use the Xinstall.sh script, as "strongly > > > > recommended" by http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Install3.html#3 ? Why > not? > > > > > > > No, I did it that way ... that's what I meant. > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > > > > compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 > > > > > ABI class: XFree86 Video D��ver, version 0.5 > > > > > �� > > > > > > > > Did that garbage just happen in the mail, or was it really in your log > > > > like that? > > > > > > > In the mail .. here it is again: > > > (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > > compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0 > > > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 > > > (II) s3(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is > 0x0000 > > > (**) s3(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8 > > > (==) s3(0): Default visual is PseudoColor > > > (II) Loading sub module "int10" > > > (II) LoadModule: "int10" > > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libint10.a > > > (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > > compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 > > > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > > > > > For what it's worth, I was digging through the man pages and noticed the > > > parameter xf86cfg -textmode, tried that, and ended up with the same > results. > > > > > > > If it's any reassurance, I installed 4.2.0 on 4.5-stable a couple of > > > > weeks ago, using Xinstall.sh, and it worked without any hitch at all. > > > > > > > Well that's nice, but it doesn't help me much *L* > > > > > > (Again, video card is an S3 Trio 64) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Newbie mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball > > http://sports.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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