Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:42:38 +0100 From: "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@wcborstel.nl> To: craig.freebsd@online.de, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia driver problem Message-ID: <20050110124150.M2588@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <41E261E9.5040800@online.de> References: <41E261E9.5040800@online.de>
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:07:21 +0100, craig wrote > hi all, > > i am having a problem getting the nvidia-provided freebsd drivers to > work correctly. > specifically, although the bsd-provided nv drivers work (albeit without > any accel), when i switch to the nvidia-provided nvidia drivers, xorg > loads into 8bit colour mode - which looks terrible! > > looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log doesnt provide any clues (to me, at > least!). there are no terrible errors or dire warnings that seem related. > (find attached) > > and, as best as i can tell, my /etc/X11/xorg.conf seems just fine. > (also find attached) > > what else would be useful to tell... > i have an Intel 2.4Ghz on a Gigabyte GT motherboard, with 1GB ram. > the card is an nVidia GeForce4Ti with 128MB > > also, i have removed agp from my kernel. > and i have also attached sysctl -a hw.nvidia output Adding the following in the screen section of xorg.conf might do the trick: DefaultDepth 24 > > any help would be greatly appreciated! > > much ta, > > -- > craig@small-pla.net
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