Trouble with X

[Vulpes Velox]

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:54:27 -0900
Damien Hull <dhull at digitaloverload.net> wrote:

> I've got X working now. Here's what I did.
> 
> 1. put my Nvidia GeForce FX card back in 
> 2. had trouble with the nv driver so I switch to the vesa driver. No
> 3D but it gives me 1024x768
> 
> I'm still having trouble with font's but I should be able to follow
> the hand book. Maybe this time it will work. 

Try the NV driver. BTW which nvidia card?

I have a fx5200 here and it runs fine.
 
> On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 20:54 -0600, Vulpes Velox wrote:
> > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:10:03 -0900
> > Damien Hull <dhull at digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm reinstalling 4.10. I think I broke something trying to get X
> > > working. As soon as I get data in the X logs I'll check them. 
> > 
> > What exact steps did you go through. I doubt what ever you did
> > would result in the need for a reinstall.
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > > I'm going to give frambuffer a try. Don't know if this will work
> > > but I've seen it work well under Linux. 
> > 
> > Ehh, frame buffers are over rated...
> > 
> > any ways, do this as root...
> > 
> > X -configure
> > cp ~/<what ever the new file is> /etc/X11/XF86Config
> > xf86cfg -textmode
> > <tweak the settings and ect>
> > startx or xdm or whatever...
> >  
> > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 15:03 -0800, gabriel wrote:
> > > > Try looking at the XFree86 logs. Under linux it works cause
> > > > it'll soon be a copy of M$. But yes, look at the logs, they
> > > > are always useful./var/log/X*
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:55:49 -0900, Damien Hull
> > > > <dhull at digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> > > > > I installed 4.10 and got the system up and running. I've
> > > > > tried to setup X but I'm not having any luck. I even
> > > > > followed the instructions in the hand book.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here's what I have.
> > > > > 1. Onboard video
> > > > > 2. Works ok but only at 800x600
> > > > > 3. Text is bad
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can someone tell me how to setup X in freebsd? Under Linux
> > > > > it just works.
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > > Damien Hull <dhull at digitaloverload.net>
> > > > > 
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