From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 22 14:11:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4373916A41F for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:11:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nick.chorley@xyphias.com) Received: from smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A827043D46 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:11:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nick.chorley@xyphias.com) Received: from [192.168.2.3] ([82.46.145.12]) by smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:12:46 +0000 Message-ID: <43D392B0.70901@xyphias.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:12:00 +0000 From: Nick Chorley User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <43D385C2.2020208@xyphias.com> In-Reply-To: <43D385C2.2020208@xyphias.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jan 2006 14:12:46.0054 (UTC) FILETIME=[EAEE4060:01C61F5D] Subject: Re: Problem configuring X server 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: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:11:47 -0000 Update: I seem to have found a fix for this problem. I commented out the line "BusID "PCI:1:0:0"" in my xorg.conf and also changed the driver for my graphics card to "vesa". Thanks for Aleksander Rozman for sending me his config file! Nick Nick Chorley wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed FreeBSD 6.0 and can't seem to get a working X > server. My graphics card and monitor are an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256 MB > and a Samsung SyncMaster 753s, respectively. > > The problem is that when I try to start the X server, I get a screwed > up display. There are vertical bars on the screen, some coloured in > various shades of green, some are white and are flashing. > > I started off trying to configure the server using "Xorg -configure", > as detailed in the handbook. When I tried to test the server with > "Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new", I had the problems mentioned > above. Then, I tried running "xorgcfg -textmode" and going through the > various screens, but to no avail. > > My next idea was to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by hand, trying values for > HorizSync and VertRefresh in the Monitor section. Initially, I used > the ones that I use under Linux: 31.5-50.0 and 40-90 (seeing as I know > they work), but that didn't work. My monitor manual says I should use > 30-70 and 50-160, but again, the problem persists. > > In all cases, there are (many) lines in my /var/log/Xorg.0.log that > look like this: > > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range). > > Any ideas on how to get a working X server? I'm also curious as to why > it gives "hsync out of range", even when I use the correct values from > my monitor manual. > > All help will be much appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Nick Chorley > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >