From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 18 21:42:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C88F16A402 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:42:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CC6113C458 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:42:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85FDFEBC78; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:42:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:42:41 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Matt Kosht" Message-Id: <20070418174241.ea3b2e4c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working xorg.conf for Dell Latitude D820 laptop (NVidia Quadro NVS 120M GeForce Go 7400 512MB)? 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: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:42:44 -0000 In response to "Matt Kosht" : > On 4/12/07, Matt Kosht wrote: > > Does anyone have a working xorg.conf for this combo working with FreeBSD 6.2? > > > > Specifically I would like the onboard LCD on the laptop to display at > > 1920x1200 and an attached external LCD at 1280x1024 both at 32 bit > > color at the same time. I think this may be called twinview (?). This > > configuration works fine in Windows XP so I know the hardware is > > capable of it. > > > > I have searched for this quite a bit, but haven't found one that does > > the 1920x1200 and the external display. Many advanced thanks and free > > virtual beers. > > > > I have a semi-working configuration of xorg now running FBSD 6.2 on > the Dell Latitude D820 (NVidia Quadro NVS 120M GeForce Go 7400 512MB). > > I am able to run the laptop's built in display at the correct > resolution and 24 bit color (forget my mindless request for 32 bit > color). I copied/modded a ubuntu xorg.conf that supposedly did > everything I needed to get this far. > > Issue #1 I have an external LCD display (1280x1024) attached that I > would like to use (when at my desk anyway) as a 2nd display (this > works just ducky in Windows XP). This still doesn't work and xorg > doesn't seem to see make it available. > > Issue #2 I have installed/prodded/kicked the synaptics touchpad driver > but it still doesn't work. It always comes up in dmesg as a glidepoint > PS/2 mouse and xorg won't recognize it as anything but a PS/2 mouse > which is unusable as the slightest touch sends the pointer sailing > across the screen. I did manage to get an external USB mouse to work > in the meantime but there's an minor issue with that as well (issue > #3) > > Issue #3 the USB mouse when attached autostarts moused which makes it > not work in X for some reason. If I kill moused it works just fine. I > am have moused_enable=NO in /etc/rc.conf so I am not sure why it > autostarts this anyway. This last one is the only one I know anything about. If you configure X to use /dev/sysmouse, it will pick up on the device that moused creates. This may allow it to start working. Along this road may also lay a solution to #2, but I'm only guessing. If you absolutely can't get moused to work, comment out the lines in /etc/devd.conf that are causing it to autostart. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com