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From: "Ernest Hymel" <ehymel@utmb.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: No text in xfree86??
Date: 25 Oct 1996 04:11:19 GMT
Organization: University of Texas Medical Branch
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Message-ID: <01bbc22a$8e052f20$27366d81@masscomp>
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Hello,
I've looked everywhere I know how for this answer, but no luck. FAQ's and
mailing list archives are a godsend, but not this time.
I've installed fbsd 2.1.5 and configured XFree86 3.1.2 from cdrom. I'm
using a #9 Motion 771, 2M VRAM, configured in /etc/XF86Config per all the
info available (see message from startx attached below for details; why is
my OS identified as FreeBSD 2.0.5?).
The problem: no text in the console or xterm windows!! I have a cursor that
moves with my mouse, and if I move to the console I can type commands that
get run (like exit) with no problem. I can see lines here and there that
indicate typing activity, but I can't see the actual text. If I click a
mouse button (any of the three), the familiar menus appear, complete with
text, but when I move the cursor down to any item, the text disappears for
that item.
What's going on?? Thanks in advance. Please email if you also post; the
mail server on campus is flaky with this newsgroup for some reason.
------------------------------------------- output from startx:
XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6001)
Operating System: FreeBSD 2.0.5
Configured drivers:
S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
mmio_928, s3_generic
Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
(using VT number 4)
XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: MouseSystems, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) S3: Graphics device ID: "Number Nine FX Motion 771"
(**) S3: Monitor ID: "CTX-1561"
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/l
ib/
/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/
100
0dpi/"
(--) S3: card type: PCI
(--) S3: chipset: 968 rev. 31
(--) S3: chipset driver: mmio_928
(**) S3: videoram: 2048k
(**) S3: Ramdac type: ibm_rgb524
(**) S3: Ramdac speed: 220
(--) S3: Using hardware cursor from IBM RGB52x RAMDAC
(--) S3: #9 Motion 771 BIOS found
(**) S3: Using IBM RGB52x programmable clock (MCLK 60.000 MHz)
(**) S3: with refclock 16.000 MHz (probed 16.112 & 15.956)
(--) S3: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 220.000 MHz
(**) S3: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.000
(--) S3: Operating RAMDAC in pixel multiplex mode
(**) S3: Using 16 bpp. Color weight: 565
(--) S3: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) S3: Local bus LAW is 0xF3000000
(--) S3: Using a banksize of 2048k, line width of 1024
(--) S3: Using a single 64x64 area at (960,768) for expanding pixmaps
(--) S3: Using 16 planes of 960x256 at (0,768) aligned 8 as font cache
--
Ernest Hymel
ehymel@utmb.edu