Xorg configuration

[Joe]

Hi,

I'm trying to configure X on a Dell 4300S which dual boots FreeBSD 
6.1-RELEASE and Windows XP.  After I ran Xorg -configure and added the 
HorizSync and VertRefresh options for the Gateway EV500 Monitor (taken 
directly from the vendor page at 
http://support.gateway.com/s/MONITOR/Z00635/z0063510.shtml--yes, it's 
almost a relic :) and Depth 24, Modes "1024x768", just as in the 
Handbook, I was able to run X but I got one error and a few warnings. 
In a previous round with this hardware (but with 6.0-RELEASE), I had 
gone as far as installing KDE with a very similar xorg.conf and with 
similar errors/warnings IIRC.  Since KDE would take several minutes to 
start (*noticeably* longer than XP, like 5-10 mins), I want to make sure 
that these errors are not the underlying cause for the bad performance.

The first warning (together with some surrounding messages) is:

(**) R128(0): Using external CRT for display
(II) R128(0): Primary Display == Type 3
(WW) R128(0): Can't determine panel dimensions, and none specified.
	Disabling programming of FP registers.
(II) R128(0): PLL parameters: rf=2950 rd=65 min=12500 max=35000; xclk=13000
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"

The error and the other warnings are as follows:

(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.2.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) R128(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
(II) R128(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) R128(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(EE) R128(0): No DFP detected
(WW) R128(0): config file hsync range 30-69kHz not within DDC hsync ranges.
(WW) R128(0): config file vrefresh range 50-110Hz not within DDC 
vrefresh ranges.
(II) R128(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-69.00 kHz
(II) R128(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-110.00 Hz
(II) R128(0): Clock range:  12.50 to 350.00 MHz

 From my research, DFP (and FP) refers to Digital Flat Panel.  Since 
according to the r128 man page, Option "Display" defaults to "FP", I 
added Option "Display" "CRT", but it didn't make any difference.

So, is there any harm to the WW's and EE above?  Could they be the cause 
for the bad KDE performance?

One other doubt:  at times, if I run say, xdm, the initial screen is a 
garbled up version of the XP logon screen and it lingers for a while, 
and at least once, the PC got locked up, the Ctrl-Alt-Fx combinations 
couldn't switch to other VTs (as I had seen with KDE during the long 
startup) nor did Ctrl-Alt-Bksp kill the X server and the only thing that 
stopped it was a dreaded Ctrl-Alt-Del.  Since I haven't really used X 
before, I don't know if this is normal or not.

Joe