Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:52:30 +0100 From: Anthony Brown <anthony@found-it.net> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce Message-ID: <CAON0-RfOkki2LpzDcyaONiNF30r1BU=dDr4Ry0bhuF%2BMv7mi3Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcMsVwE9Lf2coEa5Gc=TcB95LBfPgASykta_UWCdNEJ91g@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <CAGH67wSBf5rikMXh18Cviz6f%2BsuwxsqfXp%2B%2Bonm6aEBYJ5VJ1w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcN_-p2rjbqcUnBv28BOikpF3KRdDJ0obiTCWt9pssS51g@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcMsVwE9Lf2coEa5Gc=TcB95LBfPgASykta_UWCdNEJ91g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> wrote: > I added =A0this to /etc/rc.conf > >>>> hald_enable=3D"YES" >>>> dbus_enable=3D"YES" > > but machine still gives no working X :( > >>> >>> =A0 =A0This seems like more of a question@ issue. >>> =A0 =A0I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past experience. >>> What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say, and what does your xorg.conf >>> contain? > I would like to return this, but have no way of saving output :( > > I have updated via ports to latest tree available and have used csup > to get kernel sources to install nvidia-driver, but kldload nvidia, > returns a mismatch another type of error, I recompiled xorg-server and > no hal was in configuration, but X does not work. > > with nv, nvidia(after compilation), and noveau no working X :( > > What can I do? =A0I have two machines with nvidia chipsets one > integrated in the motherboard and another nvidia Gforce card and amd64 > 8.2 works great. =A0This is an integrated motherboard. > > As I am not an expert, I ask for advice/suggestions/comments to get this = going. > The first thing to try is reading the handbook section on configuring X at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html - specifically try running Xorg -configure as root to get a basic xorg.conf file that you can then tweak Once you have this working, you may like to try the binary nvidia driver available from http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=3Den-uk which should provide the all the features of the graphics card Anthony
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