On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:21:20 +0200 David Marec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi Hello David, > I am trying to configure an old "cirix166-48Mo RAM" workstation. > > But, FreeBSD 6.2 installed, Xorg crashes on > « Caught signal 11» > > I tried three drivers, mga, vesa and vga. > The driver "mga" failed to load DRI module, which was not requested. > > The log file, created with no "xorg.conf", can be uploaded here: > http://david.marec.free.fr/public/Xorg.0.log Your X crashed simply because it tried to use 1152x864 at 75Hz, and hardware is capable of not more than [EMAIL PROTECTED] This unwise automatic choice of default resolution and frequencies is not uncommon with older hardware. > It seems that i had the same problem when i tried to launch XUbuntu > on it. The only linux distribution that works is Damn Small Linux. Yes, I'm sure that can happen with Ubuntu. > Any idea ? > Using the latest xorg 7 release ? > Getting back to FreeBSD 4.x to try Xfree instead of xorg ? No, don't go back, there is nothing that older versions can do and newer ones can't. Upgrading to 7.2 is certainly a good idea, but this can surely work even with 6.9 you tried. I'd do something like this: * You must create a config file; you can start with 'Xorg -configure', it will create an initial /root/xorg.conf.new; then you can test it with 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new'. I think you need something like: in Section "Monitor" HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 # try also: 31.5 - 57.0 VertRefresh 50 - 70 # try also: 50 - 75 in Section "Screen" DefaultColorDepth 16 # start with the lower value SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection # delete here all subsections with higher colour depth and modes. I think this will start X; then, if you can't get an optimal image, post here new xorg.conf and Xorg log; somebody will help you to tune Modeline and/or something else. * (If you need a really good assistance in creating xorg.conf, use Knoppix; Greg Lehey once recommended it on freebsd-questions@; this one is really different.) Nikola Lečić _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
