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Date:      Sat, 14 Jun 2003 16:51:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      peter lageotakes <plageotakes@yahoo.com>
To:        Scott Miller <smaction@slightlysuspect.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: X doesn't work
Message-ID:  <20030614235108.54293.qmail@web14603.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <000a01c332b8$75748e50$0200a8c0@carson>

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Hello Scott,

Are you using the FreeBSD/Linux driver for X? Below is
the link for the drivers:

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=freebsd_1.0-3203

What version of FreeBSD are you running?

--- Scott Miller <smaction@slightlysuspect.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> Where should I start on troubleshooting this? I
> installed FreeBSD and
> included X and Gnome 2 environment.  I selected the
> lowest resolution (VGA)
> to see if it would work (I have had trouble getting
> X to work with some
> flavors of Linux on this machine).  When I run
> startx, I get garbage on the
> screen and the computer locks up.  Same problem with
> other resolutions.
> 
> I have a Dell Inspiron 8100. It uses the nvida
> GeForce2 GO. Dell will
> provide no other technical specifications. In
> windows I use 1600x1200 and
> 32-bit colcor. What other information do you all
> need?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott
> 
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