From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 04:54:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9050316A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 04:54:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sampson.aptedtech.com (sampson.aptedtech.com [209.124.140.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F8D43D3F for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 04:54:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dhull@digitaloverload.net) Received: (qmail 3740 invoked by uid 66); 8 Nov 2004 05:14:45 -0000 Received: from dhull@digitaloverload.net by sampson.aptedtech.com by uid 60 with qmail-scanner-1.15 (sophie: 2.10/3.63. Clear:. Processed in 0.086503 secs); 08 Nov 2004 05:14:45 -0000 Received: from 209-124-142-076.olive.dsl.arctic.net (HELO tower1.local) (209.124.142.76) by sampson.customcpu.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2004 05:14:45 -0000 From: Damien Hull To: Vulpes Velox In-Reply-To: <20041107205451.2100b856@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> References: <1099868149.3538.10.camel@tower1.local> <1099869003.3906.14.camel@tower1.local> <20041107205451.2100b856@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:54:27 -0900 Message-Id: <1099889667.4730.5.camel@tower1.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Trouble with X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 04:54:30 -0000 I've got X working now. Here's what I did. 1. put my Nvidia GeForce FX card back in 2. had trouble with the nv driver so I switch to the vesa driver. No 3D but it gives me 1024x768 I'm still having trouble with font's but I should be able to follow the hand book. Maybe this time it will work. On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 20:54 -0600, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:10:03 -0900 > Damien Hull wrote: > > > I'm reinstalling 4.10. I think I broke something trying to get X > > working. As soon as I get data in the X logs I'll check them. > > What exact steps did you go through. I doubt what ever you did would > result in the need for a reinstall. > > > > > I'm going to give frambuffer a try. Don't know if this will work but > > I've seen it work well under Linux. > > Ehh, frame buffers are over rated... > > any ways, do this as root... > > X -configure > cp ~/ /etc/X11/XF86Config > xf86cfg -textmode > > startx or xdm or whatever... > > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 15:03 -0800, gabriel wrote: > > > Try looking at the XFree86 logs. Under linux it works cause it'll > > > soon be a copy of M$. But yes, look at the logs, they are always > > > useful./var/log/X* > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:55:49 -0900, Damien Hull > > > wrote: > > > > I installed 4.10 and got the system up and running. I've tried > > > > to setup X but I'm not having any luck. I even followed the > > > > instructions in the hand book. > > > > > > > > Here's what I have. > > > > 1. Onboard video > > > > 2. Works ok but only at 800x600 > > > > 3. Text is bad > > > > > > > > Can someone tell me how to setup X in freebsd? Under Linux it > > > > just works. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Damien Hull > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Damien Hull > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Damien Hull