From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 06:16:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 248E2106566B for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:16:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antxxxx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF7E88FC17 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:16:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe3 with SMTP id 3so213250wwe.31 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:16:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=b9DkDZMC9tBUmR7rq0+mxh2IM8dhOFs/7Rx9Qa37Ci4=; b=IJU8r0Yrq/oHFrS30D+5q2s1B1iWns3Xi+NeB0GW7nd+P2qw5r1AcPPykfc3mBMliC JjBq6bhx2WBzDRC3CNdfq1LRGhHweUx66PCvF+XA2JoDHrSmHTVYfve1skMTOdFv9Uqh N811xhryfyRA3hqdUVWw2ti/nkS2LJTVg+9JE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.14.220 with SMTP id d70mr369456wed.75.1316497950816; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:52:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: antxxxx@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.24.147 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:52:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:52:30 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: fqMGso8l33dQdxVd6O3yQF0894s Message-ID: From: Anthony Brown To: Antonio Olivares Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:16:03 -0000 On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I added =A0this to /etc/rc.conf > >>>> hald_enable=3D"YES" >>>> dbus_enable=3D"YES" > > but machine still gives no working X :( > >>> >>> =A0 =A0This seems like more of a question@ issue. >>> =A0 =A0I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past experience. >>> What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say, and what does your xorg.conf >>> contain? > I would like to return this, but have no way of saving output :( > > I have updated via ports to latest tree available and have used csup > to get kernel sources to install nvidia-driver, but kldload nvidia, > returns a mismatch another type of error, I recompiled xorg-server and > no hal was in configuration, but X does not work. > > with nv, nvidia(after compilation), and noveau no working X :( > > What can I do? =A0I have two machines with nvidia chipsets one > integrated in the motherboard and another nvidia Gforce card and amd64 > 8.2 works great. =A0This is an integrated motherboard. > > As I am not an expert, I ask for advice/suggestions/comments to get this = going. > The first thing to try is reading the handbook section on configuring X at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html - specifically try running Xorg -configure as root to get a basic xorg.conf file that you can then tweak Once you have this working, you may like to try the binary nvidia driver available from http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=3Den-uk which should provide the all the features of the graphics card Anthony