How to find HorizSync / VertRefresh rates?

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Thursday,  3 May 2007 at 11:16:04 +0200, Victor Engmark wrote:
> On 5/3/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday,  3 May 2007 at  9:25:54 +0200, Victor Engmark wrote:
>>> On 5/3/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday,  1 May 2007 at  9:01:26 +0200, Victor Engmark wrote:
>>>>> On 4/30/07, Erik Osterholm <erik-freebsd at erikosterholm.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Could you post your Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf?  When Theory !=
>>>>>> Practice, it's often helpful to have information like this to help
>>>>>> determine what went wrong, so that in the future, Theory can ==
>>>>>> Practice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here you go: /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this
>>>>> morning.
>>>>
>>>> I don't see the Xorg.0.log.  Also, it would be interesting to see how
>>>> the xorg.conf differs from the one you got from X -configure.
>>>
>>> The xorg.conf differs quite a lot.
>>
>> And how?  Does it work?
>
> For the currently applicable definition of "work," no. I get a
> warning message from X.org every time I boot.

OK.  Either you give me information on what happens, or I'll drop the
case.  What warning message?  Why when you boot?  What does the screen
look like?  What does the Xorg.0.log look like?

>> I used xorgconfig instead of
>>> X -configure
>>> , but xorgconfig doesn't autodetect any of the ranges, so there were
>>> none in the original file.
>>>
>>> Here's a cut'n'paste of the Xorg.0.log sent earlier:
>>
>> You didn't send it.
>
> According to Gmail, I did.

Here's what arrived here:

> Here you go: /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this morning.
>
> ...
>
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> I copied the file from the email I sent >:)

Is it also in the mail you received?  It's definitely not here.

>>> This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
>>> It is not supported in any way.
>>
>> Where did you get this from?  6.2-RELEASE used 6.9.0 release.  Try
>> rebuilding from the Ports Collection.
>
> I burned the 6.2-RELEASE CD from freebsd.org. After installing a lot
> of software,

From where?

> I ran portupgrade -a . Surely, I should have the same or newer than
> the release by then?

Based on your statements, it's hard to say.

> Also, pkg_version -vIL= right now doesn't list X.org.

This suggests that you installed it from elsewhere.  As I said,

>> Try rebuilding from the Ports Collection.

I've given you a whole lot of suggestions.  If you feel like trying
some of them, please report with useful feedback.

Greg
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