Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:56:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Adamson <trashbird1240@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Video Device problems in new install by Newbie -- FreeBSD 6.1 Message-ID: <20060916175641.9473.qmail@web50413.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello List, I took the plunge last night and installed FreeBSD6.1-STABLE. I found the experience rather exciting and I'm happy with the results, excep for one major challenge to overcome: no video support. I'm trying to set up X and it's failing. Prerequisites: FreeBSD6.1-STABLE (from the i386 CD iso's from freebsd.org) Dell Dimension 5100C Desktop WD SATA HD Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family on IRQ 16 My friend the computer professional tells me the video and a bunch of other devices are integrated into the motherboard to save space (the system unit is smaller than the printer, if that tells you anything). when I do: root-prompt>Xorg -configure I get a quick list of all video devices and "No Device Present" The Xorg-configure-log is just a more verbose statement of the same list At boot, I get the following messages: ... acpi0:<Dell 5100C > on motherboard ... pci0:<display> at device 2.1 (no driver attached) pci0:<multimedia> at device 27.0 (no driver attached) ... the boot process then proceeds to recognize all my other devices and I get to my login prompt. I've tried booting with ACPI disabled (I'll admit I'm ignorant as to what that would do) and the boot process hangs up before grabbing my keyboard. The Handbook mentions "when the visual kernel configuration option comes up choose it." Where and when does that happen? Is that still around in FreeBSD6.1? I've tried boot menu option 6 (the loader prompt) and I'll admit that totally confuses me. Supposing I have the driver, how do I "attach" it to resolve the "no driver attached" problem? Is that really the root of the problem? I know the VESA drivers are there... I'll add that Freesbie 1.1 and many Linux livecds boot just fine into X on this machine. I even got an Xf86config file from Freesbie with the monitor settings it uses. I'm writing this from a PCLinuxOS Livecd. Right now I've got a console, "and that's cool" in the words of Jeffrey Lebowski; however, for my wife to use this thing, and for me to use most of what I wanted (a desktop system), running X is essential ;) I appreciate any help. Thanks! I already love FreeBSD! Joel Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.
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