Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:22:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008212111290.80575@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008190629170.68578@wonkity.com> <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008202215160.76288@wonkity.com> <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211442390.79363@wonkity.com> <4C704C7B.134759E5@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211709120.79828@wonkity.com> <4C707AA6.8F60FE62@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008212002290.80364@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008212012570.80364@wonkity.com> <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com>
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote: > Warren Block wrote: >> >> On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote: >> >>> Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log >> >> First notes: >> >> You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1. >> >> Something odd is going on with some of the fonts. > > I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a > huge amount of software that will never get used. I don't want all the > stuff for gnome and kde as I will never use them. The nice thing about the full xorg is that you get a known set of stuff, like twm. At worst, you could deinstall xorg-minimal and install xorg. > It appeared to me that the fonts could be straightened out when > everything else is working. I think the Handbook has a section on > adding fonts. Yes, it doesn't look like a serious problem. > While looking for the xorg-minimal that I installed I found a bunch of > nVidea drivers in the same directory. Do you think I should install > them now or wait. Those would be the nVidia binary drivers. There's also x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv. I avoid nVidia cards, so someone else will have to comment on those.
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