Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:01:03 -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: <4990DFDF.4060809@es.net> In-Reply-To: <4990DD5A.6090807@es.net> References: <20090209211505.O14664@hub.org> <4990DD5A.6090807@es.net>
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Oops. Brain FART... I'm in a multi-OS environment... My answer was with respect to a different OS, but it might be applicable to FreeBSD. I don't have experience with nVidia on FreeBSD. Deb Heller-Evans Energy Science Network MS-50A-3101 Berkeley, CA 94720 510/495-2243 Deb Heller-Evans wrote: > 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" >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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