Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:54:39 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se> To: andrew.walters@cerebrum.com.au Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg woes Message-ID: <468F38AF.9040606@intersonic.se> In-Reply-To: <20070707115234.lf8dsgnggw4kwcso@webmail.cerebrum.com.au> References: <20070706203600.f75fvptomco40ws8@webmail.cerebrum.com.au> <468E307E.6050102@intersonic.se> <20070707115234.lf8dsgnggw4kwcso@webmail.cerebrum.com.au>
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andrew.walters@cerebrum.com.au wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I have been working my way through the handbook, > step-by-step. I am running FreeBSD 6.2 and xorg 7.2. I was hoping that > it would figure it all out by itself but it only puts a very basic > structure in the conf file which doesn't even include the monitor sync > and refresh rates. I will re-try with the nvidia driver and see how I > get on. > Did you try *without* an /etc/X11/xorg.conf? I have so far upgraded three systems to 7.2 and a laptop is the only one I need this file with when connected to external monitor. The others works best without xorg.conf. xorg should figure out most data by itself, so what happens now when you try to start it? > Thanks again and sorry about the multiple emails last night! > > Andrew > > Quoting Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se>: > >> andrew.walters@cerebrum.com.au wrote: >>> Hello >>> >>> I am hoping that this is the right place to request help for such a >>> problem - I am attempting to make the transition from Windows to >>> 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 >>> graphics chip. >>> >>> I have installed a working (text only) version of FreeBSD 6.2 >>> following the FreeBSD installation instructions and have downloaded >>> and built Xorg using the same instructions. >>> >>> I attempted to configure Xorg for my setup but on every test could >>> not get a usable screen. >>> >>> Having done a bit of research and discovering that the VIA chip was >>> problematic, I bought a NVIDIA 85000GT because the NVIDIA driver >>> support seemed to be much better. Unfortunately, the results were no >>> better. >>> >>> I am also running Windows and have tried an installation of Ubuntu >>> on the box with both cards without any real hassles. >>> >>> I have set the refresh and sync rates amd the modes for the screen >>> (have even copied the working "Vesa" setup from Ubuntu) but I still >>> can't get a working screen (it varies from completely black using >>> the NVIDIA cars to a fuzzy mess using the Via). >>> >>> If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be extremely >>> appreciated. >> >> Hi, >> >> Let us know what you are currently running, OS version and xorg >> version. Then, if you have xorg 7.2 you do not even need >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf, it figures it out pretty well by itself. >> >> The handbook is always a good start: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html >> >> Good luck! > > >
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