nvidia driver problem

[Karel J. Bosschaart]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:07:21PM +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)

Not sure if it helps, but try adding the line 
DefaultDepth     24
to the "Screen" section:

> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes     "1600x1200"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection

Good luck,
Karel.