XFree86 difficulties

[Vulpes Velox]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:38:29 -0500 (EST)
LM <afn49349 at afn.org> wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out if I can get X running on my system and could use
> some help.
> 
> I have an ATI All-in-Wonder 128, AGP card with 32MB.  I also recently
> purchased a Sony SDM-X72 TFT LCD Color Monitor with specs of:
> Horizontol Freq: 28-92kHz
> Vertical Freq:56-85Hz
> Max Resolution: 1280x1024
> 
> I tried configuring XFree86 through /stand/sysinstall.  Found suggestions
> in the Usenet Newsgroups to set the card as ATI Rage 128 (generic).  I
> tried that setting along with the various default screen types (VGA, Super
> VGa, Extended Super VGA, etc.).  When I try startx, the screen displays
> the message that I'm out of scan range and displays frequencies
> 35.5Khz-87Hz.  Does anyone know if I can get X Windows running with my
> current hardware?  Any suggestions on setup?
> 
> I guess I should also mention, I installed FreeBSD from a CD with
> release version 4.3.  Wanted to get some idea of how it would work with my
> current system, before I go out and buy CDs for version 4.9.

It would be useful it you would post the config file... but it sounds like you
may have the refresh rates set up improperly.