From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 11:41:07 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 AD686106566C for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:41:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778E78FC18 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so815750iad.13 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:41:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=+yZuaAgnEPJeLlToWHJpD+KVFRZeETVnLjCTevIrvAc=; b=EWGhfekw3D/rAHa6jD025YcnOvjdJxwKWHp3/MY6PRDzqyltthPbnVfALbpsve19us NGYD7j6SIWqCT6QMhWsOeaCRn8l6vsUpTvbiyzEaoPyFIN4DmtVnjSGNw1Nf3jx3HKQ4 YGGVybmzRtMVifLg4hdaglGhkUtgPzT0H3bJE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.159.130 with SMTP id l2mr1314658icx.203.1316518866369; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:41:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.177.199 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:41:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:41:06 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Anthony Brown Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 11:41:07 -0000 > 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=en-uk which should > provide the all the features of the graphics card > > Anthony > Been there! Done that! Makes no difference. X hangs and returns screen with many lines in colors but X does not work correctly. So thanks for advice, but no that does not help. Maybe what do I have to lose, I should try to rebuild system or reinstall to see if it makes a difference? Regards, Antonio