any ideas why these xorg hassles???

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

What version FreeBSD we talking here?  And if it's 4.X, why on
earth did you change it?

Ted

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Gary Kline
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:55 AM
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> Subject: any ideas why these xorg hassles???
> 
> 
> 
> 	Guys,
> 
> 	Here's the story XFree-4 vs xorg.  I have 4 platforms on
> 	a KVM so every machine uses the same tube.  With XFree,
> 	my 3 FBSD systems had a flawless 1280x1024 display.  With
> 	xorg, on my E-machines (ATI-Rage- 4M Video) the screen
> 	quivers. On my HP Kayak (Matrox II 8M) the display is
> 	steady but the tube is complaining "INVALID SYNC".  The
> 	CRT is a high-end Hitachi.  I got the exact specs for both
> 	the horiz and vert hertz ranges.  Before, I was just 
> 	close.  Now everything is dead-on.
> 
> 	Another couple things.  With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth'
> 	to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16.  If I
> 	do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails.  (It "tries" to'
> 	initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen
> 	flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.)  
> 
> 	Can anyone clue me in on howto get back to XFree on both
> 	systems?  I know about make.conf, but what should I
> 	pkg_delete?
> 
> 	thanks for any help,
> 
> 	gary
> 
> 
> 
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>    Gary Kline     kline at thought.org   www.thought.org     
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