Configuring X

[Walker, Michael]

Hi All,

I am having a real problem setting up X under FreeBSD 5.3 on a Acer
Travelmate 280 laptop.
The laptop uses the Intel onboard i810 video controller, I know Xorg has
issues with this controller from past experience, so I added the necessary
line to my /etc/make.conf and proceeded to build XFree86-4. (My ports tree
is updated as of yesterday afternoon)

However I can't seem to find a useable mode, when I try to configure X using
"xf86cfg -textmode" I select the appropriate values, and run the test it
specifies, the test works great, I get a plain screen with nothing on it,
and the mouse (touchpad in this case) is working perfectly, but the
resolution is low, it looks less than 800x600 to be honest.
If I try to "startx" at any depth setting the screen just goes black and
locks up, I cant return to the console, and ctrl+alt+del does not restart X.
I have to turn the machine off and back on manually, which results in the
boot up sequence complaining about things not being correctly unmounted.

I have used XFree86 on this laptop before, however that was using FreeBSD
5.2.1 and it worked fine. And it also works fine on my desktop machine (that
to has a Intel i810 controller)
Does anyone have any ideas where in my setup I am going wrong, or have a
working XF86Config file for their Intel video controller.

Regards

Mick Walker 
NAAFI Finance International 




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