Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:51:57 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems Message-ID: <20100822075157.GA1485@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008202215160.76288@wonkity.com> <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211442390.79363@wonkity.com> <4C704C7B.134759E5@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211709120.79828@wonkity.com> <4C707AA6.8F60FE62@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008212002290.80364@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008212012570.80364@wonkity.com> <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com>
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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
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