Tell us how you configured X to begin with. Did you follow the "handbook" on freebsd.org? There they tell you to use
as root and to follow the instructions on the screen to run your test X configuration. If that doesn't work, post the last 5-10 lines of error message you get from /var/log/XFree86.0.log (or its equivalent) and your XF86Config file (use the [ code ] or [ quote ] tags to make your output readable on this forum.
We also need to know what kind of video card is in that system.
I've been trying to configure XFree86, and the first times that I have, it will only run at 320x? resolution.. I have an ATI card, and I've tried using the /stand/sysinstall graphical configuration method, and I've tried xf86config as well, both render the same results. that was before i... (3 Replies)
Hi folkss...
I just install Freebsd 4.5 mini disk which install only the
core FREEBSD system nothing else. I then want to install
KDE 3.0 so I install XFREE86 4.2 and I installed
both of these programs successfully with
pkg_add "filename.tgz"
I also install wrapper.tgz for "startx"... (1 Reply)
Hi folksss..
I will ask similiar to my previous post.
Have anyone successfully install XFree86 ver. 4.2
on FREEBSD 4.5 from scratch ???
If U do, please provide step by step how U do it.
Do U use graphic user interface to setup the hardware
configuration or DOS configuration ?
I... (2 Replies)
i am currently trying to compile XFree86 under redhat 7.3. i am used to ./configure make make install, but i know that xfree86 is very different. what are the basic steps for building it. i already have read the documentation, but it wasn't of much help. it was erroring out on the imake. i don't... (1 Reply)
X.Org just released a new version of their X (X11R6.7). Besides Liscense stuff, what is better about X.org then XFree? What is better about XFree then X.org?
Also: Will my fglrx (ATI) or nvidia drivers (designed for XFree86 4.3) work on X.org? (2 Replies)
hi everybody
i installed FreeBSD 5.x on a box with a video card Diamond SpeedStar A90 and a Fujitsu Siemens Monitor B772-1
when i do "startx" it gives me something like this:
fatal error: no devices detected
no screen detected
i'm lost...i don't know what to... (3 Replies)
Hello,
i have a S3 Trio64V+ card. I installed last release of XFree under FreeBSD
5.4.
I do xf86config, but when i try startx i have this error:
nsinternal# startx
XFree86 Version 4.5.0
Release Date: 16 March 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: FreeBSD... (1 Reply)
Hello experts,
I installed an old linux distribution and i'm having troubles with the XFree86 server.
The thing is, when i run XF86Setup, X server and windows actually works, because i can get the graphical configuration screen, but when i'm "done" and save the changes to the config file... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: semash!
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
getconfig
getconfig(1) General Commands Manual getconfig(1)NAME
getconfig - get configuration information for the XFree86 server
SYNOPSIS
getconfig [option ...]
DESCRIPTION
getconfig is a programmatic interface that is used by the XFree86 server to get configuration information about video hardware when operat-
ing without an XF86Config file.
This implementation of getconfig is written in perl. It processes a prioritized and ordered list of rules supplied internally and from
meta-configuration files. The rules are in the form of perl expressions. getconfig writes to standard output the XF86Config-style config-
uration data specified by the last highest priority rule that evaluates to true. Information about the format of the meta-configuration
files can be found in the getconfig(5) manual page.
OPTIONS -I search-path
Specify the search path to use for meta-config files. search-path is a comma-separated list of directories to search. Each direc-
tory in the search path is searched for files with a .cfg suffix. Each such file is opened and checked for a valid signature
string. Rules are read from files with a valid signature string and appended to the list of rules to evaluate. If no search path
is specified, only the internally supplied configuration rules will be used.
-D Enable debugging output.
-V Print out the version information and exit.
-X XFree86-version
Specify the XFree86 version in numeric (integer) form.
-b subsys-id
Specify the PCI subsystem ID of the video device.
-c class
Specify the PCI class of the video device.
-d device-id
Specify the PCI device ID of the video device.
-r revision
Specify the PCI revision of the video device.
-s subsysvendor-id
Specify the PCI subsystem vendor ID of the video device.
-v vendor-id
Specify the PCI vendor ID of the video device.
-S sbus-path
Specify the SBUS path of the video device.
FILES
.cfg files located in the search path. The search path typically specified by the XFree86 server is:
/etc/X11
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11
<modulepath>
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/getconfig
where <modulepath> is the XFree86 server's module search path.
SEE ALSO getconfig(5), XFree86(1), XF86Config(5).
AUTHORS
The XFree86 automatic configuration support and the getconfig interface was written by David H. Dawes, with the support of X-Oz Technolo-
gies.
XFree86 Version 4.7.0 getconfig(1)