Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:18:22 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Deb Heller-Evans <deb@es.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg && 7-current && ( kde || nvidia driver ) == desktop crash Message-ID: <20090209221800.A14664@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <4990DFDF.4060809@es.net> References: <20090209211505.O14664@hub.org> <4990DD5A.6090807@es.net> <4990DFDF.4060809@es.net>
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Hi Deb ... was this vs compiling from source? On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Deb Heller-Evans wrote: > 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" >> > ---- 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
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