From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 30 23:29:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA93B16A46E for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:29:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from siraj.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6131613C4CE for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:29:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from siraj.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 68so451134wri.3 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:29:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ko2+0nDalM8A6ZEL2Hst+wIV3jOxEYDvoPv4YwnFTWA=; b=uiyM8fKr6fgRJ/UgXTqK3QR5gMdD0unIrI8kPjENGlAmX5LEb+7ov+uoQXIugwp8IxIx4m/lJnTQGaWYIx0cEsSse+1XsCqWB9JGfynI9qoF1EKP8Yte5q6+azL+a33RqNhV6VEQHlvb9hHAOK2Sp4+E0AAxHllggda6fhkWnZQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gkZ5YPbL4PaNTV91F6lN5bLPjxXBLMMdLgUHdSA/jtiDCfb6FFCO+wTcF1UEeNYnhYciH2eBSlZMncb935byCcMiebZEoktCmEXlKR8CSYpk2H4Al6FvK9wJjxYuRdD2LhpJHCluAEpM7TRxPx3DsO9Z6ZQ6QpTEz9mXFmO6VJw= Received: by 10.151.83.12 with SMTP id k12mr361265ybl.7.1201735742256; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:29:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.123.19 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:29:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3b2ddd940801301529k134c5231h9d8d9a0f794a87b3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:29:02 +0000 From: "Siraj Shaikh" To: "Jonathan Chen" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080130224305.GA37422@osiris.chen.org.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3b2ddd940801291217j668bccfbsde8c3259c79cd06b@mail.gmail.com> <20080129183439.X92107@fledge.watson.org> <3b2ddd940801300108o21f51f23sf82185f4f2f8ea5@mail.gmail.com> <20080130120639.S45734@pemaquid.safeport.com> <3b2ddd940801301159i4173d36ag74b1d0f0955742d5@mail.gmail.com> <20080130152728.R45734@pemaquid.safeport.com> <3b2ddd940801301329x5630b3abhfd8d30b882a9bd4b@mail.gmail.com> <20080130214925.GA36835@osiris.chen.org.nz> <3b2ddd940801301351x17dd1becw60f15223c4f728c7@mail.gmail.com> <20080130224305.GA37422@osiris.chen.org.nz> Cc: Subject: Re: Starting X - was Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:29:04 -0000 On 30/01/2008, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:51:11PM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > On 30/01/2008, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:29:02PM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > (--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated > > > > Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0xf0100000/20 > > > > New driver is "i810" > > > > > > The i810 driver doesn't quite support laptop screens that well. Try using > > > the "intel" driver (x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel) instead. This driver > > > will conflict with the i180 driver, so you will have to remove the old > > > one first. > ... > > > > > How do I do this? what do I change? Thanks > > There should be a more elegant way to do this, but the way I did it > was to: > > # pkg_delete -f xf86-video-i810-1.7.4 > # cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers > # make rmconfig > # make config > [untick i180 and tick intel] > # portupgrade -f xorg-drivers > > After which, X on my laptop started behaving as it should. > -- > Jonathan Chen Jonathan I followed your instructions but still doesnt work. Now, all this is really disappointing. Would you suggest I reinstall FreeBSD 6.3? Perhaps I reinstall it without choosing Xorg during sysinstall and then install it later through package or port? If you think this wont make a difference, then I am prepared to just leave it as it is for now I think. Thanks