Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 won't run with ATI RADEON
On Saturday January 27, 2007 at 09:11:06 (PM) BrendaBPowers wrote: I am new to Unix and purchased a copy of FreeBSD 5.2.1 from Fry's to begin learning. FreeBSD is used at my work and I wish to learn the OS myself. Hoping that an integrated package would be easier to install and have all the packages I needed, I bought this version. My system is thus: - Compaq Presario with Pentium D - 512 MB ram - 200GB drive - ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 graphics card - NEC 1740CX multisync monitor After installation the 'startx' command will not start the GUI KDE. I get an error message ' no screens found'. I have tried all the combinations of horizontal-vertical sync that are within the range of my monitor but all fail. I have tried every one of the different resolutions that are within the horizontal-vertical sync range of my monitor but all fail. Here are additional problems: - The XFree86 installer has no entry for the ATI RADEON device - The XFree86 installer has no entry for the NEC 1740CX monitor Since I am completely new to Unix I do not know how to send you the log file. I am using a different system to install Unix than my Internet connected system. I am sure others have seen problems with the graphics portion of installation. This must be a common problem. I had exactly the same problem installing Suse Linux before trying to use FreeBSD. I found that with Suse, if I installed at the lowest resolution the OS would resolve the problem during the first boot and reset the resolution to the max. size. FreeBSD does not do this. You might be able to gleam some useful information from this URL: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html -- Gerard For AOL (L)Users: RAM Disk is not an installation procedure. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 won't run with ATI RADEON
Le dimanche 28 janvier 2007 03:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I am new to Unix and purchased a copy of FreeBSD 5.2.1 Well, FreeBSD 5.2.1 is outdated! You should update to a recent release i think. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 5.2.1 won't run with ATI RADEON
Hello: I am new to Unix and purchased a copy of FreeBSD 5.2.1 from Fry's to begin learning. FreeBSD is used at my work and I wish to learn the OS myself. Hoping that an integrated package would be easier to install and have all the packages I needed, I bought this version. My system is thus: - Compaq Presario with Pentium D - 512 MB ram - 200GB drive - ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 graphics card - NEC 1740CX multisync monitor After installation the 'startx' command will not start the GUI KDE. I get an error message ' no screens found'. I have tried all the combinations of horizontal-vertical sync that are within the range of my monitor but all fail. I have tried every one of the different resolutions that are within the horizontal-vertical sync range of my monitor but all fail. Here are additional problems: - The XFree86 installer has no entry for the ATI RADEON device - The XFree86 installer has no entry for the NEC 1740CX monitor Since I am completely new to Unix I do not know how to send you the log file. I am using a different system to install Unix than my Internet connected system. I am sure others have seen problems with the graphics portion of installation. This must be a common problem. I had exactly the same problem installing Suse Linux before trying to use FreeBSD. I found that with Suse, if I installed at the lowest resolution the OS would resolve the problem during the first boot and reset the resolution to the max. size. FreeBSD does not do this. Can anyone help? Brenda Powers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 won't run with ATI RADEON
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: I am new to Unix and purchased a copy of FreeBSD 5.2.1 from Fry's to begin learning. FreeBSD is used at my work and I wish to learn the OS myself. Perhaps this is a political situation where person(s) at work who already have BSD skills do not have the time to help or the organization structure makes that unfeasible. Anyway, your initiative is commendable. After installation the 'startx' command will not start the GUI KDE. I get an error message ' no screens found'. Assuming you have created an account for yourself, create a .xinitrc file in your directory with:- X exec startkde .. but the X server must be configured first from the root account. I have tried all the combinations of horizontal-vertical sync that are within the range of my monitor but all fail. What do you mean by fail? It could be distorted display or none at all. Try as root:- X -configure#creates a file prints on the console cd # root directory X -config xorg.conf.new If you can't move an X on the screeen with a mouse. Hit ctrl-alt-backspace and try a change in xorg.conf.new - in section Screen enter - DefaultDepth 24 - in subsection Display under Depth 24 enter Modes 1280x1024 If ok, cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf Since I am completely new to Unix I do not know how to send you the log file. That's ok, because X creates a big file I found that with Suse, if I installed at the lowest resolution the OS would resolve the problem during the first boot and reset the resolution to the max. size. FreeBSD does not do this. Can anyone help? Brenda Powers Results depend upon the combination of your video card and monitor. Recent Linux distributions feature a lot of scripts and daemon programs to figure out all these combinations. BSD stays relatively baggage-free by asking you to do a few manual procedures which are usually straight-forward. -BobMc- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
