Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:50:18 -0800 From: Deb Heller-Evans <deb@es.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg && 7-current && ( kde || nvidia driver ) == desktop crash Message-ID: <4990DD5A.6090807@es.net> In-Reply-To: <20090209211505.O14664@hub.org> References: <20090209211505.O14664@hub.org>
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I ran into the same kind of issue. FWIW, I had better luck downloading the nVidia drivers from the website which includes modifying the kernel. I can now do all kinds of extra things, like spanning 2 monitors, etc (on workstations). I can dig up my notes if you intend to go this route at some point... d Deb Heller-Evans Energy Science Network MS-50A-3101 Berkeley, CA 94720 510/495-2243 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > Okay, I've exhausted every google search I can think of, and not > getting anywhere, so now to ask ... > > Just upgraded my motherboard / CPU (old one fried out) ... picked up > an ASUS P5Q with a Quad Core Intel CPU ... everything boots / runs > fine, until I try and start up X ... > > If I use the 'nv' driver in my X conig file, and the twm window > manager, everything starts up fine, I can load Firefox, etc, etc ... > > As soon as I switch from nv -> nvidia and start, the screen goes blank > and the machine reboots ... > > If I switch from nvidia -> nv and use '/usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde', > the screen goes blank, and the machine reboots ... > > I just installed icewm, and using that, everything loads up fine too ... > > So, I figure there is something that I'm either missing in my install, > or that I've configured wrong that kde is trying to use, but I'm at a > lose as to what ... > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks ... > > > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services > (http://www.hub.org) > Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . > scrappy@hub.org > Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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