x-server Help!!!!!

James Diss james at reftech.co.uk
Thu Nov 9 15:18:01 GMT 2000


> Having just received some new low profile PC's "maxthroughput 
> K1000's" with freebsd (ver 3.2) pre-install I am un able to run 
> the Xserver using the on board graphics "intel82810e dc-133 
> graphics" if that means anything to anybody.
> I have no AGP slot only two PCI slots. I have always used ATI all 
> in wonder graphic cards before, with no problems the only 
> difference before was that they were AGP cards, I have used the 
> PCI version this time and as you can guess they don't work. 
> They are ATI all in wonder 128 16Mb PCI cards. 
> what do i have to do to get them to work with the X server

Take everything in this email with a bushel of salt; I'm just 
getting to grips with FreeBSD after a lifetime of Microsoft products.

1)	Have you disabled the onboard graphics through BIOS/jumpers?

That's the first thing that springs to mind given that you haven't 
really gone into the nature of the failure.

James D (With L plates)




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