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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!conrads From: conrads@dolphin.neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XFree86 configuration for HP Vectra ? Date: 14 Oct 1996 07:14:24 GMT Organization: What? Me, organize? Lines: 24 Message-ID: <53sp8g$n0t@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <stanbDz6ww6.293@netcom.com> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.165.136 In article <stanbDz6ww6.293@netcom.com>, Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> wrote: > I have aquired a used HP Vectra model 5/90 I think. I am trying >to install FreeBSD on it. > > Can anyone tell me anything about the on board graphics that come >with it ? A example XFree86 config file would be wonderful, but just knowing >what chipset it uses would be helpful. > > I geussed at it and noe startx crashes the computer (reboots >itself) yuk. > > Thanks. Try running SuperProbe, or X -probeonly. For what it's worth, I'm using an HP Pavilion 7160. The video is S3-Trio64+. Yours *may* be the same. :-) [ posted and mailed ] -- Conrad Sabatier | conrads@neosoft.com | Eschew obfuscation. http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads |