Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 21:29:29 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <cheasy@web.de> To: Andrey Simonenko <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Solved: XFree86 4.1.0 xf86cfg dumps core, config file needed Message-ID: <3BBF5B99.7090306@web.de> References: <3BBDD7FA.1020209@web.de> <005d01c14dae$ea84bb20$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua> <3BBDE439.4090904@web.de> <001101c14dbc$28b00820$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua>
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For the record, I noted all the things tried to get GeForce 2 boards to work. Andrey Simonenko wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christoph Sold <cheasy@web.de> > >>>>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). I was not able to get xf86cfg to work in graphics mode, nor was xf86cfg able to produce working XF86config files in text mode. Neither VESA nor VGA driver are compatible with GeForce 2 GTS graphics boards. I was able to get a working configuration file using "XFree86 -configure". The nv driver gets selected andf configured automatically. To get a working screen layout and configuration, I copied the driver section of that config file into the xf86cfg-generated config file. Now X works, although 3D acceleration isnow working. Thanks for all your suggestions and help. -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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