From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 26 19:28:55 2010 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 CD252106566C for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:28:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from henry.olyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f170.google.com (mail-qy0-f170.google.com [209.85.216.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F1318FC15 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:28:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk35 with SMTP id 35so4386396qyk.15 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:28:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=b+deA3RQoJH16htltayYZ+NGz9j0a+jM3pnMvRCjIGo=; b=At3CB9cujC+e0n+munH8ZENLnmMRrOjhnBhE6JO1ZeDs+6uJrQ1uhk2afPjUbYoWCX sroTkIYXAY1jB24SchR81gCYZdID6uqpSxCO6B8OqUtjWVirg2gAEgI1HgTIeWNfXOLS 9lDv6rhe0npxkZeo864wyB3GrV+rUQCJt3Ox0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ra3o8hTCjczUFW9wWFKUjYKgg6+nc21rs7d4+1+kNyLyfy+JiVGzelkTAH9Y3BZFor /v75CM9nTcA8aGTMvK/Rcw6yEdmcI8I0WByxyHBe1uCxhmWJnGIDEbJXjpa/L1JsF3+b ZJwFOSK58+N+W+PmkE9qiHCy6RURbnDGPoCyc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.191.78 with SMTP id dl14mr4745420qcb.285.1285529333900; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:28:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.97.78 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:28:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:28:53 -0400 Message-ID: From: Henry Olyer To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-gfx-bugs@nvidia.com Subject: Re: trying to put up X, am using an Nvidia card an HP Presario 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: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:28:55 -0000 Kenneth CF once wrote: > 2) Install the nvidia-driver. > # cd /usr/ports/x11/x11-driver/nvidia-driver > # make install clean (I built with options FREEBSD_AGP checked, ACPI checked, LINUX unchecked). > and this didn't help. Under 7.2, this was the game changer. Everything worked with this and a couple tweaks. On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Henry Olyer wrote: > Several people in this group took a lot of time and helped me when I > couldn't get FBSD 7.2 running with X on an HP Presario. > > Now, I'm having *somewhat* *similar* problems, doing the install for 8.1. > > I've attached my rc,conf, the X log file, and the list of installed > packages. > > I've also said: > > hald_enable="YES" and dbus_enable="YES" in the rc.conf file. Apparently > playing with the boot loader file isn't necessary, now. > > Oh, I downloaded (using sys-install,) the nvidia helper system but couldn't > get the NVIDIA screen logo that goes up just before X comes up. > > Thanks, all! > > >