Problem configuring X server

[Nick Chorley]

Update: I seem to have found a fix for this problem. I commented out the 
line "BusID "PCI:1:0:0"" in my xorg.conf and also changed the driver for 
my graphics card to "vesa".

Thanks for Aleksander Rozman for sending me his config file!

Nick

Nick Chorley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently installed FreeBSD 6.0 and can't seem to get a working X 
> server. My graphics card and monitor are an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256 MB 
> and a Samsung SyncMaster 753s, respectively.
>
> The problem is that when I try to start the X server, I get a screwed 
> up display. There are vertical bars on the screen, some coloured in 
> various shades of green, some are white and are flashing.
>
> I started off trying to configure the server using "Xorg -configure", 
> as detailed in the handbook. When I tried to test the server with 
> "Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new", I had the problems mentioned 
> above. Then, I tried running "xorgcfg -textmode" and going through the 
> various screens, but to no avail.
>
> My next idea was to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by hand, trying values for 
> HorizSync and VertRefresh in the Monitor section. Initially, I used 
> the ones that I use under Linux: 31.5-50.0 and 40-90 (seeing as I know 
> they work), but that didn't work. My monitor manual says I should use 
> 30-70 and 50-160, but again, the problem persists.
>
> In all cases, there are (many) lines in my /var/log/Xorg.0.log that 
> look like this:
>
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range).
>
> Any ideas on how to get a working X server? I'm also curious as to why 
> it gives "hsync out of range", even when I use the correct values from 
> my monitor manual.
>
> All help will be much appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick Chorley
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