From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 22 08:02:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A3E1065679 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (ns0.blackend.org [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE9D48FC19 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id o7M7q3Gx017820; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:52:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o7M7q2WN001544; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:52:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o7M7pv2a001543; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:51:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:51:57 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Fred Boatwright Message-ID: <20100822075157.GA1485@gothic.blackend.org> References: <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com> <4C704C7B.134759E5@blakemfg.com> <4C707AA6.8F60FE62@blakemfg.com> <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com> X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:02:24 -0000 On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 07:41:49PM -0700, Fred Boatwright wrote: > Warren Block wrote: > > > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > > > > Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log > > > > First notes: > > > > You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1. > > > > Something odd is going on with some of the fonts. > > I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a > huge amount of software that will never get used. I don't want all the > stuff for gnome and kde as I will never use them. > > It appeared to me that the fonts could be straightened out when > everything else is working. I think the Handbook has a section on > adding fonts. > > While looking for the xorg-minimal that I installed I found a bunch of > nVidea drivers in the same directory. Do you think I should install > them now or wait. > For x11/xorg-minimal installation you issued the command: "make install" or "make install VIDEO_DRIVER=your_video_driver" ? Without the mention of the driver it installs the vesa driver only. This is sub-optimal, an options screen with all existing drivers should be proposed. -- Marc