Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:45:50 -0900 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Daniel Leal <dleal@webvolution.net> Subject: Re: xorg and nvidia Message-ID: <200902102245.50194.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <499018A8.4080907@webvolution.net> References: <499018A8.4080907@webvolution.net>
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On Monday 09 February 2009 02:51:04 Daniel Leal wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I am trying to convince my girlfriend to use freebsd as a desktop in her
> (not so) old toshiba S2450-201 laptop. I use it in my toshiba A200
> laptop and it works fine.
> I just install it in her laptop with a 30GB disk I have... Installation
> was fine. This laptop as a "nvidia geforce4 420 go" graphics board with
> 32MB.
> The setup of xorg.conf was made through "Xorg -configure". I tested with
> startx and it worked. Then I installed the nvidia driver. I had to try
> all 3 driver versions and the only one that worked was
> "nvidia-driver-71xx". Then reboot and then I run "nvidia-xconfig". And
> startx... great, it worked! The nvidia logo appeared in the screen
> during xorg startup. Fine! Then I installed nvidia-settings. But when I
> try to run it it complains that it appear that I not using the NVIDIA X
> driver. But I am!!
> It also said that NV-CONTROL extension version 1.6 is too old and the
> minimum required version is 1.11.
> In my xorg.conf I have 1024x768 resolution, but xorg is with 800x600.
> I also dont have the VSR and HSR for this laptop. I just cant find it
> anywhere...
>
> Can someone help me with this please?
>
> Here is my xorg.conf:
>
> # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
> # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (root@Dinamite) Sat Feb 7 22:24:54 WET
> 2009
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "X.org Configured"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> RgbPath "/usr/local/share/X11/rgb"
> ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
> FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
> FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
> FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "glx"
> Load "record"
> Load "xtrap"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "type1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "auto"
> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "Monitor Model"
> EndSection
nvidia-xconfig couldn't read the monitor. If Xorg -configure + nv driver,
generated a 1024x768 screen, then steal those values and put them here.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log should show why it doesn't accept that mode and also list
some possible modes. Whether these modes are actually correct is undefined.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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