From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 16 00:05:10 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 9B69F1065677 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:05:10 +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 6A1268FC18 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:05:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so2751792iad.13 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:05:09 -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 :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cA0b3RNmlTvC6ota6hTk9AYkd+1DvqCJKOSXWxnX8cY=; b=OK1nCTxzUgpvS8L4WlEWXHIEon8nbeZ1TPsvxij1UBCjir8swWF4qaz8z5tKOx0s74 almmoAwUhSWhd9nbP+Psdjefe1znBLLcOGTsewWQ7ezWwabWs9pQjPduG1nvK+Pynxgt CT2g4oauvkhuIzqaoANL8JFAtGYmwaFQw6/5U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.154.135 with SMTP id q7mr1301783icw.87.1316131509843; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.51.67 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:05:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:05:09 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:05:10 -0000 On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear folks, > > I hope this is the correct list to post this message. > > I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit > machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. =A0When I type > startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, > just colors. =A0The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. =A0I am trying t= o > get kernel sources installed via sysinstall to install nvidia-driver > but I can't get anywhere from any ftp site I select at random. =A0I have > updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the > same. =A0I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver? > What should I do? =A0I want to help in testing and have no way to report > bugs as without X there's not much one can do :( > > Thanks for advice/suggestions/comments. =A0I am successfully running > FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 on three machines two at home and one at work in > case it is important/relevant in the thread. > > Regards, > > Antonio > There is no X, I try to get information about the onboard video and I get VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]" I tried installing nouveau but it did not do any difference, screen is garbled no X. The BSD install setup was too fast and I did not select sources for kernel and now I can't install nvidia driver to see if I could get X working :( Again, I appreciate any input given to see how I can help in testing. Regards, Antonio