From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 07:37:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFE6E16A4CE for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7033D43D6D for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:37:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from [207.41.94.233] (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i34EaA8a025750; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:36:10 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:37:09 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <00ca01c41a4b$a8e81d30$210110ac@ARLETTE> <200404040657.33187.kstewart@owt.com> <00f501c41a50$52311230$210110ac@ARLETTE> In-Reply-To: <00f501c41a50$52311230$210110ac@ARLETTE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404040737.09696.kstewart@owt.com> cc: Teilhard Knight Subject: Re: Can't get KDE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 14:37:11 -0000 On Sunday 04 April 2004 07:22 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > On Sunday 04 April 2004 06:49 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > I have been doing my research, reading all pieces of information > > > which can help me. My problem is that I installed the NVIDIA > > > driver for my Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 with NVIDIA chipset. When > > > I command the machine "startx", I get the error message: "NVIDIA: > > > chipset "GeForce3 in device section "card0" isn't valid for this > > > driver". Now, I cannot even revert to the old "nv" driver because > > > I get another error. I have found the line "start nvidia" in an > > > archive, God knows where else there are configured files in my > > > system. I'll appreciate any help. > > > > If you have locate turned on, do a "locate XF86Config". There may > > be old versions lying around. X expects it in serveral places, I > > have mine in > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config > > Thank you for your answer. I have XF86Config in /etc/X11. I have > fiddled with the configuration file to no avail. First thing I did > was to change the driver "nvidia" for the one loaded by default > ("nv"). I also set up the modules as the file README. Linux (in the > NVIDIA driver package) instructs, and I haven't been successful. FAQ > in the package do not address the problem, let alone the Handbook. > I would look at the XFree86 web page for your video card and add it to your config file. I ran xf86cfg and haven't had to go back to it in some time. There used to be a web page devoted to the video cards but I couldn't find it. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html