From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 6 11:02:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA97616A400 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:02:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.walters@cerebrum.com.au) Received: from vps315.ourhelpdesk.net (vps315.ourhelpdesk.net [67.15.144.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3DF13C458 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:02:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.walters@cerebrum.com.au) Received: (qmail 13880 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2007 20:36:01 +1000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 6 Jul 2007 20:36:01 +1000 Received: from cust3638.nsw01.dataco.com.au (cust3638.nsw01.dataco.com.au [203.171.75.54]) by webmail.cerebrum.com.au (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:36:00 +1000 Message-ID: <20070706203600.f75fvptomco40ws8@webmail.cerebrum.com.au> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:36:00 +1000 From: andrew.walters@cerebrum.com.au To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3) Subject: Xorg woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:02:44 -0000 Hello I am hoping that this is the right place to request help for such a =20 problem - I am attempting to make the transition from Windows to =20 FreeBSD so bear with me: I cannot, for the life of me, get a working X configuration. I am running an AMD-64 (Asus M2V-TVM) with an integrated VIA K8M890 =20 graphics chip. I have installed a working (text only) version of FreeBSD 6.2 =20 following the FreeBSD installation instructions and have downloaded =20 and built Xorg using the same instructions. I attempted to configure Xorg for my setup but on every test could not =20 get a usable screen. Having done a bit of research and discovering that the VIA chip was =20 problematic, I bought a NVIDIA 85000GT because the NVIDIA driver =20 support seemed to be much better. Unfortunately, the results were no =20 better. I am also running Windows and have tried an installation of Ubuntu on =20 the box with both cards without any real hassles. I have set the refresh and sync rates amd the modes for the screen =20 (have even copied the working "Vesa" setup from Ubuntu) but I still =20 can't get a working screen (it varies from completely black using the =20 NVIDIA cars to a fuzzy mess using the Via). If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be extremely =20 appreciated. Regards Andrew