X doesn't work

[Scott Miller]

I am using the GeForce2 driver that came with FreeBSD 5.


-----Original Message-----
From: peter lageotakes [mailto:plageotakes at yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 51 PM
To: Scott Miller; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: X doesn't work


Hello Scott,

Are you using the FreeBSD/Linux driver for X? Below is
the link for the drivers:

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=freebsd_1.0-3203

What version of FreeBSD are you running?

--- Scott Miller <smaction at slightlysuspect.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> Where should I start on troubleshooting this? I
> installed FreeBSD and
> included X and Gnome 2 environment.  I selected the
> lowest resolution (VGA)
> to see if it would work (I have had trouble getting
> X to work with some
> flavors of Linux on this machine).  When I run
> startx, I get garbage on the
> screen and the computer locks up.  Same problem with
> other resolutions.
> 
> I have a Dell Inspiron 8100. It uses the nvida
> GeForce2 GO. Dell will
> provide no other technical specifications. In
> windows I use 1600x1200 and
> 32-bit colcor. What other information do you all
> need?
> 
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