Damien Hull wrote:
I installed 4.10 and got the system up and running. I've tried to setup
X but I'm not having any luck. I even followed the instructions in the
hand book.
Here's what I have. 1. Onboard video 2. Works ok but only at 800x600 3. Text is bad
Can someone tell me how to setup X in freebsd? Under Linux it just
works.
As some have mentioned, the handbook's got most of what you need...however, tweaking sometimes improves things.
As for your specific information:
1. "Onboard video" ... OK. What chipset? Check the output of dmesg(8) and let us know ... that would likely affect the chipset/driver information that you need in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
2. "Works ok but only at 800x600" ... OK. So maybe things aren't *quite* so bad? You need to have proper information about your horizontal sync and vertical refresh in the above-referenced file, and maybe even modelines, which is a subject beyond me. I have X running at 1200x1024 without 'em, though...
Of course, you also need something like:
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
Modes "1600x1200"
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSectionIf all you have is a default XF86Config, I'm rather surprised you even get 800x600.....
3. "Text is bad" ... Hmm. Did you read the handbook section on fonts?
'Been a long time since I did this one ... but it's in there, and should give
you pretty good results.
Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
