Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:36:00 +1000 From: andrew.walters@cerebrum.com.au To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Xorg woes Message-ID: <20070706203600.f75fvptomco40ws8@webmail.cerebrum.com.au> Resent-Message-ID: <20070706204045.oapmvrzq0wcks4k4@webmail.cerebrum.com.au>
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Hello I am hoping that this is the right place to request help for such a =20 problem - I am attempting to make the transition from Windows to =20 FreeBSD so bear with me: I cannot, for the life of me, get a working X configuration. I am running an AMD-64 (Asus M2V-TVM) with an integrated VIA K8M890 =20 graphics chip. I have installed a working (text only) version of FreeBSD 6.2 =20 following the FreeBSD installation instructions and have downloaded =20 and built Xorg using the same instructions. I attempted to configure Xorg for my setup but on every test could not =20 get a usable screen. Having done a bit of research and discovering that the VIA chip was =20 problematic, I bought a NVIDIA 85000GT because the NVIDIA driver =20 support seemed to be much better. Unfortunately, the results were no =20 better. I am also running Windows and have tried an installation of Ubuntu on =20 the box with both cards without any real hassles. I have set the refresh and sync rates amd the modes for the screen =20 (have even copied the working "Vesa" setup from Ubuntu) but I still =20 can't get a working screen (it varies from completely black using the =20 NVIDIA cars to a fuzzy mess using the Via). If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be extremely =20 appreciated. Regards Andrew
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