Intel chipset to work

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

IT2 Wishon, Corey wrote:

>Sir or Ma'am
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I guess I'm a "sir", but we're all just FreeBSD
users around here.  Greetings to you wherever
the "Vella Gulf" is ATM, and thanks to all of you ....

>Sorry to bother you. I am trying to get a intel chipset to work on my
>version of freebds. 
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No trouble....

>I am currently unable to run free86 GUI interface. The drivers will not
>install referring to a 1240: syntax error: Bad fd number
>and when I try to run startx I get fatal server error: "no screens found".
>Is there any suggestion to help my situation. Any assistance
>will be greatly appreciated.
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>IT2 Corey Wishon
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>Systems Administrator
>USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
>USN/AD
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Can't say as I can help with the "Bad fd number".
It's obviously an error in line 1240 of some file or
other ... now what file, I don't know, and whether
the message is really the indicator of the problem
I can't say.

You didn't mention what chipset ... I assume the
Intel i810?  There's a subsection of the Handbook
(5.4.3.1) dealing with that specific chipset, I suppose
due to the fact is was very popular for a while....if
that's your chipset, I'd definitely look it up.  The
handbook is available at www.freebsd.org/handbook,
or via ftp ....

"No screens found" means that the X server hasn't
found any viable entries in the "Screen" section of
the XFree86Config file (which is probably
/etc/X11/XF86Config) ... I've attached mine; the
"Screen" section is about 2/3 of the way down....

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.