From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 17 17:14:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B47106564A for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:14:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lokadamus@gmx.de) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8285C8FC16 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:14:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 17 Sep 2011 16:48:17 -0000 Received: from c162162.adsl.hansenet.de (EHLO FBSD.lokilan) [213.39.162.162] by mail.gmx.net (mp008) with SMTP; 17 Sep 2011 18:48:17 +0200 X-Authenticated: #3333826 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19n9tYIJDhnolIo9Q7JjfhfWdmDnierfL8idIqBiG 9ajtuYYiyaAhh8 Message-ID: <4E74CF51.5030303@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:48:17 +0200 From: "lokadamus@gmx.de" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110801 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Antonio Olivares References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:14:59 -0000 On 09/16/11 02:05, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Antonio Olivares > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > 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 ;).