Re: X windows configuration problem
arnuld [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hai all, i am not able to configure my X-Windows system. i will be brief: 1.) ASUS K8V-MX motherboard running AMD64 Athlon 2.) VIA K8M800, VIA 8T237R chipsets. i downloaded FreeBSD 6.1 last night have verified the md5sum. Xorg -configure does not work. GNOME is installed. then i tried xorgconfig -textmode which worked after checking my mouse, keyboard etc it shows me the video card list which contains only 2 drivers ati vmware nothing else. so i tried both drivers, ati vmware edited ttyv8 line in /etc/ttys to on from off. but all i get is Black Terminal. does anybody has any idea on how i can configure X? You don't necessarily need to with X.org: on many systems it can run just fine without any config file. (i used to run Fedora Core 4 before that which installs vesa driver for my VGA it ran fine in 1024x768 mode. i have used FreeBSD 5.4 once which did show me a long list of drivers for my video card including vesa i ran my box with that it was fine but with this new FreeBSD i dont have any choice except 2 drivers i mentioned. ) Do you have the xorg-server port installed? [Look at the pkg_info(1) output.] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X windows configuration problem
hai all, i am not able to configure my X-Windows system. i will be brief: 1.) ASUS K8V-MX motherboard running AMD64 Athlon 2.) VIA K8M800, VIA 8T237R chipsets. i downloaded FreeBSD 6.1 last night have verified the md5sum. Xorg -configure does not work. GNOME is installed. then i tried xorgconfig -textmode which worked after checking my mouse, keyboard etc it shows me the video card list which contains only 2 drivers ati vmware nothing else. so i tried both drivers, ati vmware edited ttyv8 line in /etc/ttys to on from off. but all i get is Black Terminal. does anybody has any idea on how i can configure X? (i used to run Fedora Core 4 before that which installs vesa driver for my VGA it ran fine in 1024x768 mode. i have used FreeBSD 5.4 once which did show me a long list of drivers for my video card including vesa i ran my box with that it was fine but with this new FreeBSD i dont have any choice except 2 drivers i mentioned. ) -- arnuld http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X windows configuration problem
do u have an xorg.conf to show us?? tfc On 11/12/06, arnuld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hai all, i am not able to configure my X-Windows system. i will be brief: 1.) ASUS K8V-MX motherboard running AMD64 Athlon 2.) VIA K8M800, VIA 8T237R chipsets. i downloaded FreeBSD 6.1 last night have verified the md5sum. Xorg -configure does not work. GNOME is installed. then i tried xorgconfig -textmode which worked after checking my mouse, keyboard etc it shows me the video card list which contains only 2 drivers ati vmware nothing else. so i tried both drivers, ati vmware edited ttyv8 line in /etc/ttys to on from off. but all i get is Black Terminal. does anybody has any idea on how i can configure X? (i used to run Fedora Core 4 before that which installs vesa driver for my VGA it ran fine in 1024x768 mode. i have used FreeBSD 5.4 once which did show me a long list of drivers for my video card including vesa i ran my box with that it was fine but with this new FreeBSD i dont have any choice except 2 drivers i mentioned. ) -- arnuld http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
