Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:33:55 -0500 From: scrat <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xorg problems Message-ID: <54FB6EC3.1060006@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20150307212542.1ef212fa.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20150307163942.GG34815@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> <CAFuo_fy3Oer2minmTS88mipVHsOwaAZ3i6jSA=NDzjKpqv5gAQ@mail.gmail.com> <20150307212542.1ef212fa.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 03/07/15 15:25, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 10:04:09 -0800, Waitman Gobble wrote: >> The 1501 is a $50 laptop from 2006? i dont know that nvidia is the right >> driver, I think it has ATI before AMD bought it. This would have been >> around the time FreeBSD 7.0 was HEAD i think? > In that case, it's highly questionable if Xorg autodetection > magic will work here. Maybe "Xorg -configure" and manually > post-configuring xorg.conf is the way to go. Of course you > have to verify _which_ graphics is installed: Maybe it's > ATI, maybe Intel. Then you have to install the corresponsing > driver. In worst case, try the VESA driver, but don't expect > any 3D stuff working flawlessly with that. > > > The vesa driver works as I can log out of Xfce4 and it goes to the terminal correctly, also I can use Ctrl+Alt+Fn to goto terminals while in Xfce4. So this appears to be a problem with xf86-video-ati-7.5.0_1. How can I debug this further?
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