Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Riaan de Klerk wrote: hi there i am stuck i have a older auwa laptop and cant find the s3 savage 86c270 video driver for it. could you be as kind as to assist me in finding it. Kind regards. Using FreeBSD 5.3 (?) depending on what you want to use try: Xorg -configure Xorg -config xorg.conf.new cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf or XFree86 -configure XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new cp XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config The s3 savage video driver is supported. Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Oliver Fuchs wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Riaan de Klerk wrote: hi there i am stuck i have a older auwa laptop and cant find the s3 savage 86c270 video driver for it. could you be as kind as to assist me in finding it. Kind regards. Using FreeBSD 5.3 (?) depending on what you want to use try: Xorg -configure Xorg -config xorg.conf.new cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf or XFree86 -configure XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new cp XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config The s3 savage video driver is supported. The main part in the config file should look like this: Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option NoAccel # [bool] #Option HWCursor # [bool] #Option SWCursor # [bool] #Option ShadowFB # [bool] #Option Rotate# [str] #Option UseBIOS # [bool] #Option LCDClock # freq #Option ShadowStatus # [bool] #Option CrtOnly # [bool] #Option TvOn # [bool] #Option PAL # [bool] #Option ForceInit # [bool] Identifier Card0 Driver savage VendorName S3 Inc. BoardName 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
Robert, Thanks so much! You're right, I mixed the numbers up! It's a 4260dvd. Anyway, I got X up and running. It took a lot of trial and error. The problem was 2 fold. First, there's a bug in sysinstall. I was getting a fail error message every time because sysinstall was looking for the new XF86Config file somewhere in the /etc folder. However, the new file was being written and put in the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 folder. If everything had been put in the file correctly then all I needed to do was type startx. However, that's where my second problem occurred. I noticed that when I changed settings for setting up X in the graphical interface for configuring X, some of the lines would not be overwritten. So, I would get a line like: Driver 'vga' Chipset 'savage IX' and vise versa. When I used the text version of the configuration program, it seemed to rewrite the whole file with consistent data. Anyway, I was finally able to get it up and running - thanks to a few encouraging words for the mailing list. Thanks so much for responding! Vaughan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop Aloha Vaughan, Vaughan Moore wrote: I'm a complete newbie and I'm trying to set up X server on a Toshiba Satellite pro 4620dvd laptop. Everytime I run through xf86cfg or xf86cfg -textmode I get the error message The XFree86 configuration process seems to have failed. Would you like to try again? Obviously, this is a bit frustrating. Did you mean a 4260dvd? I cannot find anything on a 4620dvd. If you had a slight case of dyslexia or maybe a little fat fingering, :o) I may be of some help. I have FreeBSD 5.3Beta1 loaded on a HP Pavillion N5310. I checked the specs on the Toshiba Pro 4260dvd (attached pdf) and it has the same video driver as my HP. i.e. s3 Savage IX. So, FWIW, Here are the important bits from my xorg.conf Section Monitor HorizSync 31.5 - 80 VertRefresh 55 - 61 Section Device Identifier Card0 Driver savage VendorName S3 Inc. BoardName 86c270-294 Savage/IX-MV BusID PCI:1:1:0 Section Screen DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Viewport0 0 Depth 24 Modes 1024x768 800x600 I really hope this helps. At one time I had either Lindows (Linspire) or SuSE loaded on this computer. That is where I found the horizontal and vertical data. Plagarize whenever you can! You might also try pciconf -lv to see if your board name and bus id are correct. Best of luck Robert ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
Thanks Kevin! One of my problems was the listing for the savage driver and chipset were not working well together. Using the text version of the configuration program took the chipset line out when I selected the generic Savage driver. That fixed it! Thanks so much for your help! Vaughan -Original Message- From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop Vaughan Moore wrote: I'm a complete newbie and I'm trying to set up X server on a Toshiba Satellite pro 4620dvd laptop. Everytime I run through xf86cfg or xf86cfg -textmode I get the error message The XFree86 configuration process seems to have failed. Would you like to try again? Obviously, this is a bit frustrating. Sounds like it. Wonder why? Are you running the program with root privileges? (You should be...) Here are what I think are the valid parts of the XF86Config file, but I may be missing something - please let me know. InputDevice Driver = mouse Option = Protocol Auto Option = Device /dev/sysmous InputDevice Driver Keyboard Option Skbmode1 pc101 (note: my laptop only has 85 keys Option XkbLayout us Monitor HorizSync 31.5-31.5 VertRefresh 50.0-70.0 Card Driver s3 VendorName S3 Inc. BoardName 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV ChipSet SuperSavage/IX64 BusID PCI:1:0:0 Screen Default Depth 8 Display Depth 1 Display Depth 4 Display Depth 8 Modes 640x480 Display Depth 15 Display Depth 16 Display Depth 24 My main questions are: 1) The Toshiba documentation and Web site do not tell me what my internal monitor's horizontal sync or vertical refresh rate is. (although it does give me refresh rates for an external monitor - 60/75/85 @16M colors). Is there a place I can go to find this information? Well, this is pretty common. Many desktop monitors don't give such information, either, and you either Google for it or guess, usually. What happens if you call startx, or have you? 2) Are there other obvious reasons the configuration would fail other than the monitor? The most obvious one I can think of is that, IIRC, the driver for the Savage chipsets is savage, not s3. But I could be wrong; can't remember ever trying X with the savage driver. Have you tried the vesa driver? Might do something for ya... Secondly, your Horizontal sync range isn't a range. Perhaps opening that up a bit would allow you to try it out. Certainly there could be other issues as well. I mentioned permissions above, for one. If you have the above in /etc/X11R6/XF86Config, if you run startx you should get either a server running or some error output in /var/log that might help...OTOH, I've never set up X on any laptop; I don't know if it's unsafe to try with a relatively untested config file. But the values look sane enough for a CRT display ... 3) Are there any sites I can visit for more info? XFree's site at xfree86.org; the FreeBSD handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook come to mind. Thanks so much! You are welcome. Vaughan Moore Also, did I post this to the right list? If not, please let me know where it should go. Works for me. Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
Hello there, i have the same problem with an older Toshiba Satellite version (4090 CDS). I ignore the error, just like you said, i go to install a windows manager, i choose GNOME, press enter to install but it does nothing, same thing happens with any manager i choose. Since it was a fresh instalation of 5.2.1 i started again (i thought i misseg someting) and after install base system i choose to install GNOME and KDE ... and after install ... the X server failed like the previous attempts with the error just like Vaughan Moore's. I mention that Slackware 10.0 with Gnome 2.6 runs smoothly. Cristi. Eric F Crist wrote: Vaughan Moore wrote: I'm a complete newbie and I'm trying to set up X server on a Toshiba Satellite pro 4620dvd laptop. Everytime I run through xf86cfg or xf86cfg -textmode I get the error message The XFree86 configuration process seems to have failed. Would you like to try again? Obviously, this is a bit frustrating. Here are what I think are the valid parts of the XF86Config file, but I may be missing something - please let me know. InputDevice Driver = mouse Option = Protocol Auto Option = Device /dev/sysmous InputDevice Driver Keyboard Option Skbmode1 pc101 (note: my laptop only has 85 keys Option XkbLayout us Monitor HorizSync 31.5-31.5 VertRefresh 50.0-70.0 Card Driver s3 VendorName S3 Inc. BoardName 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV ChipSet SuperSavage/IX64 BusID PCI:1:0:0 Screen Default Depth 8 Display Depth 1 Display Depth 4 Display Depth 8 Modes 640x480 Display Depth 15 Display Depth 16 Display Depth 24 My main questions are: 1) The Toshiba documentation and Web site do not tell me what my internal monitor's horizontal sync or vertical refresh rate is. (although it does give me refresh rates for an external monitor - 60/75/85 @16M colors). Is there a place I can go to find this information? 2) Are there other obvious reasons the configuration would fail other than the monitor? 3) Are there any sites I can visit for more info? Thanks so much! Vaughan Moore Also, did I post this to the right list? If not, please let me know where it should go. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This seems to be a bug in recent releases (4.x and 5.x). Just skip it from there, and install KDE/Gnome from one of the other menus. Everything is fine. I don't remember exactly, but sysinstall is looking for the config file in /etc/X11/xf86config or something, while it's actually being installed in /usr/local/X11 or some other thing. the way to get around this is to either ignore it (which I do), or type in the above text (/etc/X11/xf86config) as I typed it (IIRC). This is just a bug and things ARE getting installed correctly. Just move down, later in the process and install a 'window manager.' KDE, Gnome, and a couple others will more than likely be listed. HTH Eric F Crist ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
Vaughan Moore wrote: I'm a complete newbie and I'm trying to set up X server on a Toshiba Satellite pro 4620dvd laptop. Everytime I run through xf86cfg or xf86cfg -textmode I get the error message The XFree86 configuration process seems to have failed. Would you like to try again? Obviously, this is a bit frustrating. Sounds like it. Wonder why? Are you running the program with root privileges? (You should be...) Here are what I think are the valid parts of the XF86Config file, but I may be missing something - please let me know. InputDevice Driver = mouse Option = Protocol Auto Option = Device /dev/sysmous InputDevice Driver Keyboard Option Skbmode1 pc101 (note: my laptop only has 85 keys Option XkbLayout us Monitor HorizSync 31.5-31.5 VertRefresh 50.0-70.0 Card Driver s3 VendorName S3 Inc. BoardName 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV ChipSet SuperSavage/IX64 BusID PCI:1:0:0 Screen Default Depth 8 Display Depth 1 Display Depth 4 Display Depth 8 Modes 640x480 Display Depth 15 Display Depth 16 Display Depth 24 My main questions are: 1) The Toshiba documentation and Web site do not tell me what my internal monitor's horizontal sync or vertical refresh rate is. (although it does give me refresh rates for an external monitor - 60/75/85 @16M colors). Is there a place I can go to find this information? Well, this is pretty common. Many desktop monitors don't give such information, either, and you either Google for it or guess, usually. What happens if you call startx, or have you? 2) Are there other obvious reasons the configuration would fail other than the monitor? The most obvious one I can think of is that, IIRC, the driver for the Savage chipsets is savage, not s3. But I could be wrong; can't remember ever trying X with the savage driver. Have you tried the vesa driver? Might do something for ya... Secondly, your Horizontal sync range isn't a range. Perhaps opening that up a bit would allow you to try it out. Certainly there could be other issues as well. I mentioned permissions above, for one. If you have the above in /etc/X11R6/XF86Config, if you run startx you should get either a server running or some error output in /var/log that might help...OTOH, I've never set up X on any laptop; I don't know if it's unsafe to try with a relatively untested config file. But the values look sane enough for a CRT display ... 3) Are there any sites I can visit for more info? XFree's site at xfree86.org; the FreeBSD handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook come to mind. Thanks so much! You are welcome. Vaughan Moore Also, did I post this to the right list? If not, please let me know where it should go. Works for me. Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
Aloha Vaughan, Vaughan Moore wrote: I'm a complete newbie and I'm trying to set up X server on a Toshiba Satellite pro 4620dvd laptop. Everytime I run through xf86cfg or xf86cfg -textmode I get the error message The XFree86 configuration process seems to have failed. Would you like to try again? Obviously, this is a bit frustrating. Did you mean a 4260dvd? I cannot find anything on a 4620dvd. If you had a slight case of dyslexia or maybe a little fat fingering, :o) I may be of some help. I have FreeBSD 5.3Beta1 loaded on a HP Pavillion N5310. I checked the specs on the Toshiba Pro 4260dvd (attached pdf) and it has the same video driver as my HP. i.e. s3 Savage IX. So, FWIW, Here are the important bits from my xorg.conf Section Monitor HorizSync 31.5 - 80 VertRefresh 55 - 61 Section Device Identifier Card0 Driver savage VendorName S3 Inc. BoardName 86c270-294 Savage/IX-MV BusID PCI:1:1:0 Section Screen DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Viewport0 0 Depth 24 Modes 1024x768 800x600 I really hope this helps. At one time I had either Lindows (Linspire) or SuSE loaded on this computer. That is where I found the horizontal and vertical data. Plagarize whenever you can! You might also try pciconf -lv to see if your board name and bus id are correct. Best of luck Robert 4260dvd-specs Description: Binary data ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xf86config for Toshiba satellite pro laptop
Vaughan Moore wrote: I'm a complete newbie and I'm trying to set up X server on a Toshiba Satellite pro 4620dvd laptop. Everytime I run through xf86cfg or xf86cfg -textmode I get the error message The XFree86 configuration process seems to have failed. Would you like to try again? Obviously, this is a bit frustrating. Here are what I think are the valid parts of the XF86Config file, but I may be missing something - please let me know. InputDevice Driver = mouse Option = Protocol Auto Option = Device /dev/sysmous InputDevice Driver Keyboard Option Skbmode1 pc101 (note: my laptop only has 85 keys Option XkbLayout us Monitor HorizSync 31.5-31.5 VertRefresh 50.0-70.0 Card Driver s3 VendorName S3 Inc. BoardName 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV ChipSet SuperSavage/IX64 BusID PCI:1:0:0 Screen Default Depth 8 Display Depth 1 Display Depth 4 Display Depth 8 Modes 640x480 Display Depth 15 Display Depth 16 Display Depth 24 My main questions are: 1) The Toshiba documentation and Web site do not tell me what my internal monitor's horizontal sync or vertical refresh rate is. (although it does give me refresh rates for an external monitor - 60/75/85 @16M colors). Is there a place I can go to find this information? 2) Are there other obvious reasons the configuration would fail other than the monitor? 3) Are there any sites I can visit for more info? Thanks so much! Vaughan Moore Also, did I post this to the right list? If not, please let me know where it should go. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This seems to be a bug in recent releases (4.x and 5.x). Just skip it from there, and install KDE/Gnome from one of the other menus. Everything is fine. I don't remember exactly, but sysinstall is looking for the config file in /etc/X11/xf86config or something, while it's actually being installed in /usr/local/X11 or some other thing. the way to get around this is to either ignore it (which I do), or type in the above text (/etc/X11/xf86config) as I typed it (IIRC). This is just a bug and things ARE getting installed correctly. Just move down, later in the process and install a 'window manager.' KDE, Gnome, and a couple others will more than likely be listed. HTH Eric F Crist ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
