Re: A strategic question (continued)
On 2006-01-31 03:41, Jozef Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many thanks to everyone who answered my previous e-mail about this subject > on this list or by private e-mail. > > As some of you suggested, I have installed PC-BSD (http://www.pcbsd.com/). I > am sure a Unix guru would not like to install FreeBSD in this way, as it > doesn't offer many choices. But it is just wonderful for a Unix newbie like > me. At the end of the installation, the GUI, the cable Internet connection, > and even the sound system worked fine. Some configuration still needs to be > done (printing and German keyboard). But now at least I have a system I can > use right away to do some usefull work with, and to further explore. > > I will try to configure the printing myself before perhaps eventually asking > some specific questions about it here. > > I found an interesting explanation about the configuration of the German > keyboard, so if some other German speaking newbie asks about it: > > http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~eserte/FreeBSD/doc/umlaute/umlaute.html > > Giorgos Keramidas asked me: > > Can you explain *how* you configured your X11 desktop? > > Like explained in the handbook. First I created an xorg.conf.new > configuration skeleton file with > > # Xorg -configure > > Then I tested this configuration with > > # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new > > The result was a "Mode not supported" message on the display screen > until I found out the HorizSync and VertRefresh values to write in the > Section "Monitor" which were supported, and which were much narrower > than the hardware manufacturers specifications. That's probably a bug in the configuration file generated by Xorg and, quite possibly, a bug in the Handbook section. Most modern monitors and video adapters work without any HorizSync or VertRefresh line in `xorg.conf'. This forces the X11 servers to query the hardware for the supported refresh ranges, and I've found that it tends to be much easier to get things right this way :) > The display adapter is an nVidia GeForce4 MX with integrated GPU (which uses > 64 MB of the system's 512 MB physical working memory). The LCD monitor is a > Proview 780. I'm using an ATI on the laptop used to type this message. The file /var/log/Xorg.0.log lists it as: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] The `xorg.conf' file has commented out entries for HorizSync and VertRefresh, but this doesn't keep things from working. Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" # Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC: #HorizSync31.5 - 79.0 #VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 EndSection You may find it easier to comment out these lines from xorg.conf, start X11 and then tune the best refresh ranges later, after you get things working fine :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: A strategic question (continued)
On Jan 30, 2006, at 6:41 PM, Jozef Baum wrote: Many thanks to everyone who answered my previous e-mail about this subject on this list or by private e-mail. As some of you suggested, I have installed PC-BSD (http:// www.pcbsd.com/). I am sure a Unix guru would not like to install FreeBSD in this way, as it doesn't offer many choices. But it is just wonderful for a Unix newbie like me. At the end of the installation, the GUI, the cable Internet connection, and even the sound system worked fine. Some configuration still needs to be done (printing and German keyboard). But now at least I have a system I can use right away to do some usefull work with, and to further explore. I will try to configure the printing myself before perhaps eventually asking some specific questions about it here. I found an interesting explanation about the configuration of the German keyboard, so if some other German speaking newbie asks about it: http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~eserte/FreeBSD/doc/umlaute/umlaute.html Giorgos Keramidas asked me: Can you explain *how* you configured your X11 desktop? Like explained in the handbook. First I created an xorg.conf.new configuration skeleton file with # Xorg -configure Then I tested this configuration with # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new The result was a "Mode not supported" message on the display screen until I found out the HorizSync and VertRefresh values to write in the Section "Monitor" which were supported, and which were much narrower than the hardware manufacturers specifications. The display adapter is an nVidia GeForce4 MX with integrated GPU (which uses 64 MB of the system's 512 MB physical working memory). The LCD monitor is a Proview 780. You may have actually been limited by your video card in this respect. Given that it is a GeForce4, the options for resolution and scanlines and stuff may have been lower. I know that when I went from a GF4 to a GF6 my system's available resolution increased quite a bit. Too bad though that my monitor doesn't though... :(. Take care and hopefully this time around things will be better for you. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
A strategic question (continued)
Many thanks to everyone who answered my previous e-mail about this subject on this list or by private e-mail. As some of you suggested, I have installed PC-BSD (http://www.pcbsd.com/). I am sure a Unix guru would not like to install FreeBSD in this way, as it doesn't offer many choices. But it is just wonderful for a Unix newbie like me. At the end of the installation, the GUI, the cable Internet connection, and even the sound system worked fine. Some configuration still needs to be done (printing and German keyboard). But now at least I have a system I can use right away to do some usefull work with, and to further explore. I will try to configure the printing myself before perhaps eventually asking some specific questions about it here. I found an interesting explanation about the configuration of the German keyboard, so if some other German speaking newbie asks about it: http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~eserte/FreeBSD/doc/umlaute/umlaute.html Giorgos Keramidas asked me: > Can you explain *how* you configured your X11 desktop? Like explained in the handbook. First I created an xorg.conf.new configuration skeleton file with # Xorg -configure Then I tested this configuration with # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new The result was a "Mode not supported" message on the display screen until I found out the HorizSync and VertRefresh values to write in the Section "Monitor" which were supported, and which were much narrower than the hardware manufacturers specifications. The display adapter is an nVidia GeForce4 MX with integrated GPU (which uses 64 MB of the system's 512 MB physical working memory). The LCD monitor is a Proview 780. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"