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Date:      Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:48:17 +0200
From:      "lokadamus@gmx.de" <lokadamus@gmx.de>
To:        Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce
Message-ID:  <4E74CF51.5030303@gmx.de>
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On 09/16/11 02:05, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Antonio Olivares
> <olivares14031@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Dear folks,
>>
>> I hope this is the correct list to post this message.
>>
>> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit
>> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg.  When I type
>> startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard,
>> just colors.  The machine has nvidia onboard graphics.  I am trying to
>> get kernel sources installed via sysinstall to install nvidia-driver
>> but I can't get anywhere from any ftp site I select at random.  I have
>> updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the
>> same.  I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver?
>> What should I do?  I want to help in testing and have no way to report
>> bugs as without X there's not much one can do :(
>>
>> Thanks for advice/suggestions/comments.  I am successfully running
>> FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 on three machines two at home and one at work in
>> case it is important/relevant in the thread.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
> There is no X, I try to get information about the onboard video and I get
>
> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
> BoardName "C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]"
>
> I tried installing nouveau but it did not do any difference, screen is
> garbled no X.
>
> The BSD install setup was too fast and I did not select sources for
> kernel and now I can't install nvidia driver to see if I could get X
> working :(
>
> Again, I appreciate any input given to see how I can help in testing.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Antonio
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Have you installed xorg-server? you can look with pkg_info | grep xorg

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=xorg-ser&stype=all&sektion=all

When i install a new system with gui, i forget most time xorg-server ;).



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