Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:37:09 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Teilhard Knight <teilhk@softhome.net> Subject: Re: Can't get KDE Message-ID: <200404040737.09696.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <00f501c41a50$52311230$210110ac@ARLETTE> References: <00ca01c41a4b$a8e81d30$210110ac@ARLETTE> <200404040657.33187.kstewart@owt.com> <00f501c41a50$52311230$210110ac@ARLETTE>
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On Sunday 04 April 2004 07:22 am, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> > On Sunday 04 April 2004 06:49 am, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> > > I have been doing my research, reading all pieces of information
> > > which can help me. My problem is that I installed the NVIDIA
> > > driver for my Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 with NVIDIA chipset. When
> > > I command the machine "startx", I get the error message: "NVIDIA:
> > > chipset "GeForce3 in device section "card0" isn't valid for this
> > > driver". Now, I cannot even revert to the old "nv" driver because
> > > I get another error. I have found the line "start nvidia" in an
> > > archive, God knows where else there are configured files in my
> > > system. I'll appreciate any help.
> >
> > If you have locate turned on, do a "locate XF86Config". There may
> > be old versions lying around. X expects it in serveral places, I
> > have mine in
> >
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
>
> Thank you for your answer. I have XF86Config in /etc/X11. I have
> fiddled with the configuration file to no avail. First thing I did
> was to change the driver "nvidia" for the one loaded by default
> ("nv"). I also set up the modules as the file README. Linux (in the
> NVIDIA driver package) instructs, and I haven't been successful. FAQ
> in the package do not address the problem, let alone the Handbook.
>
I would look at the XFree86 web page for your video card and add it to
your config file. I ran xf86cfg and haven't had to go back to it in
some time. There used to be a web page devoted to the video cards but I
couldn't find it.
Kent
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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA
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