Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:49:45 -0700 From: "Scott Miller" <smaction@slightlysuspect.com> To: "'peter lageotakes'" <plageotakes@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: X doesn't work Message-ID: <000001c33390$6b32bba0$0200a8c0@carson> In-Reply-To: <20030614235108.54293.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com>
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I am using the GeForce2 driver that came with FreeBSD 5. -----Original Message----- From: peter lageotakes [mailto:plageotakes@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 51 PM To: Scott Miller; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X doesn't work Hello Scott, Are you using the FreeBSD/Linux driver for X? Below is the link for the drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=freebsd_1.0-3203 What version of FreeBSD are you running? --- Scott Miller <smaction@slightlysuspect.com> wrote: > Hi List, > > Where should I start on troubleshooting this? I > installed FreeBSD and > included X and Gnome 2 environment. I selected the > lowest resolution (VGA) > to see if it would work (I have had trouble getting > X to work with some > flavors of Linux on this machine). When I run > startx, I get garbage on the > screen and the computer locks up. Same problem with > other resolutions. > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8100. It uses the nvida > GeForce2 GO. Dell will > provide no other technical specifications. In > windows I use 1600x1200 and > 32-bit colcor. What other information do you all > need? > <snip>
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