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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!caen!dkm From: dkm@engin.umich.edu (Donald Karl Muenk) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: NetBSD0.9 + XFree2.1 Date: 18 Apr 1994 17:55:12 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 98 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2ouhi0INNq3g@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rorge.engin.umich.edu Greetings, I'm having some trouble setting up X with NetBSD, if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated I have created an Xconfig file as we as made all the changes that the X386.install script notes. the current problem is that when I try to start up X the monitor briefly flashes into some mode blanking out the screen and then it returns to text, no error message is listed I am guessing that there is some simple error here, ----------------------------------------------- This is my Xconfig file (typed in here all lower case) rgb path "/usr/X386/lib/X11/rgb" font path "/usr/X386/lib/X11/misc/" font path "/usr/X386/lib/X11/type1/" font path "/usr/X386/lib/X11/speedo/" font path "/usr/X386/lib/X11/75dpi/" font path "/usr/X386/lib/X11/100dpi/" keyboard autorepeat 500 5 servernumlock mouseman "/dev/com1" vga256 modes "800x600" chipset "clgd5426" videoram 1024k virtual 800 600 viewport 0 0 clocks 25.23 28.32 41.16 36.08 31.50 39.99 45.08 49.87 64.98 72.16 75.00 80.01 modedb "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 unix : NetBSD 0.9 X : XFree86 2.1 static version graphics card : Genoa 8500 VL monitor : CTX CMS-1561 X server : vga256 ----------------------------------------------- These are the specification of my system ----------------------------------------------- specs listed for graphics card in AccelCards text file Bu : VLB Chipset : Cirrus clgd5426 Video Memory : 1024k Memory Type : DRAM Memory Speed : 70 ns Clock Chip : internal Programable : Yes # Clocks : 12 Clocks : 25.23 28.32 41.16 36.08 31.50 39.99 45.08 49.87 64.98 72.16 75.00 80.01 Option Flags: RAMDAC : internal ----------------------------------------------- specs listed for monitor in modeDB.txt text file "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 "1024x768" 75 1024 1072 1216 1352 768 769 775 806 ----------------------------------------------- standard VESA Monitor timings which match above listed resolutions (there seems to be only one, this too is listed in modeDB.txt) 800x600 56Hz refresh 35.1k horz. 36.0M vert. not interlaced yes VESA ----------------------------------------------- Thank you, Don Muenk dkm@engin.umich.edu