Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 20:38:25 +0400 From: "Andrey Simonenko" <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> To: "Christoph Sold" <cheasy@web.de> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 4.1.0 xf86cfg dumps core, config file needed Message-ID: <001101c14dbc$28b00820$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua> References: <3BBDD7FA.1020209@web.de> <005d01c14dae$ea84bb20$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua> <3BBDE439.4090904@web.de>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Christoph Sold <cheasy@web.de> Newsgroups: lucky.freebsd.questions Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:54 PM Subject: Re: XFree86 4.1.0 xf86cfg dumps core, config file needed > >>Hi Folks, > >> > >>running FreeBSD-4.4-Stable, CVSuped yesterday, made world, d/l'ed XF86 > >>4.1.0 from the catch-all port, make install. > >> > >>xf86cfg consistently dumps core after drawing the initial screen. After > >>that, the (default VGA) X server is still running, but no chance to do > >>anything there. > >> > >>Has anybody out there a working config file for my nVidia GeForce2 GTS > >>graphics board and a basic 17" monitor? > >> > > [snip] > > > > You can run "xf86cfg -textmode" and configure XFree86 in ncurses-menu. > > > This worked. Anyhow, I got errors: "No driver found" when using the nv > driver, "no suitable screen found" when using the generic Vesa driver. > I don't know anything about GeForce, but you can check if XFree86 supports this video card is supported on www.xfree86.org. Are you sure that generic Vesa driver is a correct choice, generic VGA driver should always work (at least it was so on X 3.x). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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