Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:10:58 +0200 From: Igor Karpov <jc@minjust.gov.ua> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 8600 having X troubles Message-ID: <41C16D42.9070605@minjust.gov.ua> In-Reply-To: <41C06DF2.90105@math.missouri.edu> References: <9cf39d6041215071257517c4a@mail.gmail.com> <41C063D1.7060500@email.arizona.edu> <41C06DF2.90105@math.missouri.edu>
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > I could never get the nvidia drivers to work on my Lattitude D800. But > the nv driver seems to work fine. > > > > Shawn Nock wrote: > >> I have a new Latitude D800 with the same symptoms... I had suspected >> that the agp chipset was not supported (sysctl reports that agp is >> present but "disabled", using either agp.ko linked or NvAGP drivers), >> but I never tried under 5.2. >> >> Which mobile card and northbridge do you have? Mine is Go5650 on intel >> and is "detected by nvidia.ko" as such, but perhaps the implementation >> for this card is flawed. >> >> Cheers, >> Shawn >> >> Ben Nell wrote: >> >>> Hello All: >>> >>> I recently upgraded my Dell Inspiron 8600 to fBSD 5.3 from 5.2. >>> Although there have been a few problems with software that I chalked >>> up to issues with the new version of gcc, my main problem has been >>> using X.org. >>> >>> I had previously been using XFree86. After the upgrade, I copied my >>> functional XF86Config file to /etc/xorg.conf. The machine will freeze >>> completely, before switching to a graphical mode. ctrl+alt+backspace >>> will not back out of it, and I am unable to even SSH into the >>> machine. Perhaps the strangest issue is that after I hard reboot, >>> there is no log in /var/log generated and my xorg.conf file is >>> truncated to an empty text file. When no conf file is provided, X >>> will load a generic gui. >>> >>> I have a mobile geforce card. I used the Nvidia drivers installed >>> from ports. I uninstalled/reinstalled the drivers after the upgrade. >>> >>> Perhaps this post is on the wrong list, but does anyone have any >>> suggestions? >>> >>> BN I have my Latitude D800 near me, running the latest xorg and nvidia driver at 1920x1600. FreeBSD-5.3-p2. No problem at all.
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