Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:28:53 -0400 From: Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-gfx-bugs@nvidia.com Subject: Re: trying to put up X, am using an Nvidia card an HP Presario Message-ID: <AANLkTinu8UP0YpvmSB9Zido8dBRXbBgZZ9GwkqM87%2BHU@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinPKuHOBLQ=RGAA%2BNGvcVzdykHN-5j65PQbLAE5@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinPKuHOBLQ=RGAA%2BNGvcVzdykHN-5j65PQbLAE5@mail.gmail.com>
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Kenneth CF once wrote: > 2) Install the nvidia-driver. > # cd /usr/ports/x11/x11-driver/nvidia-driver > # make install clean (I built with options FREEBSD_AGP checked, ACPI checked, LINUX unchecked). > and this didn't help. Under 7.2, this was the game changer. Everything worked with this and a couple tweaks. On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com> wrote: > Several people in this group took a lot of time and helped me when I > couldn't get FBSD 7.2 running with X on an HP Presario. > > Now, I'm having *somewhat* *similar* problems, doing the install for 8.1. > > I've attached my rc,conf, the X log file, and the list of installed > packages. > > I've also said: > > hald_enable="YES" and dbus_enable="YES" in the rc.conf file. Apparently > playing with the boot loader file isn't necessary, now. > > Oh, I downloaded (using sys-install,) the nvidia helper system but couldn't > get the NVIDIA screen logo that goes up just before X comes up. > > Thanks, all! > > >
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