Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:05:26 -0700 From: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems Message-ID: <4C7085E6.EF721E1E@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008190629170.68578@wonkity.com> <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> <4C707038.3070800@gmail.com>
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Glen Barber wrote: > > On 8/21/10 7:12 PM, Warren Block wrote: > >> I changed the driver from vesa to nVidia but the nVidia driver could not > >> be found and X exited. After restoring vesa I ran the test on xorg.conf > >> -retro and it worked ok. However, startx still produced only a black > >> screen. > > > > nVidia is a long story. There are binary drivers provided by nVidia, > > and there's a limited open-source driver provided by xorg. Someone else > > is going to have to provide detail. > > > > For now, vesa at 1024x768 should be fine. > > Just curious - why are you using vesa instead of nv (not nVidia)? > > Regards, > > -- > Glen Barber > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Glen, Vesa is what Xorg -configure comes up with. Should the nVidia driver name be nv? Best regards, Fred
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