Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:54:27 -0900 From: Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Trouble with X Message-ID: <1099889667.4730.5.camel@tower1.local> In-Reply-To: <20041107205451.2100b856@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> References: <1099868149.3538.10.camel@tower1.local> <efb85820411071503198f31da@mail.gmail.com> <1099869003.3906.14.camel@tower1.local> <20041107205451.2100b856@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>
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I've got X working now. Here's what I did. 1. put my Nvidia GeForce FX card back in 2. had trouble with the nv driver so I switch to the vesa driver. No 3D but it gives me 1024x768 I'm still having trouble with font's but I should be able to follow the hand book. Maybe this time it will work. On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 20:54 -0600, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:10:03 -0900 > Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote: > > > I'm reinstalling 4.10. I think I broke something trying to get X > > working. As soon as I get data in the X logs I'll check them. > > What exact steps did you go through. I doubt what ever you did would > result in the need for a reinstall. > > > > > I'm going to give frambuffer a try. Don't know if this will work but > > I've seen it work well under Linux. > > Ehh, frame buffers are over rated... > > any ways, do this as root... > > X -configure > cp ~/<what ever the new file is> /etc/X11/XF86Config > xf86cfg -textmode > <tweak the settings and ect> > startx or xdm or whatever... > > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 15:03 -0800, gabriel wrote: > > > Try looking at the XFree86 logs. Under linux it works cause it'll > > > soon be a copy of M$. But yes, look at the logs, they are always > > > useful./var/log/X* > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:55:49 -0900, Damien Hull > > > <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote: > > > > I installed 4.10 and got the system up and running. I've tried > > > > to setup X but I'm not having any luck. I even followed the > > > > instructions in the hand book. > > > > > > > > Here's what I have. > > > > 1. Onboard video > > > > 2. Works ok but only at 800x600 > > > > 3. Text is bad > > > > > > > > Can someone tell me how to setup X in freebsd? Under Linux it > > > > just works. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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" > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > -- Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net>
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