Xorg woes
andrew.walters at cerebrum.com.au
andrew.walters at cerebrum.com.au
Fri Jul 6 11:02:44 UTC 2007
Hello
I am hoping that this is the right place to request help for such a
problem - I am attempting to make the transition from Windows to
FreeBSD so bear with me:
I cannot, for the life of me, get a working X configuration.
I am running an AMD-64 (Asus M2V-TVM) with an integrated VIA K8M890
graphics chip.
I have installed a working (text only) version of FreeBSD 6.2
following the FreeBSD installation instructions and have downloaded
and built Xorg using the same instructions.
I attempted to configure Xorg for my setup but on every test could not
get a usable screen.
Having done a bit of research and discovering that the VIA chip was
problematic, I bought a NVIDIA 85000GT because the NVIDIA driver
support seemed to be much better. Unfortunately, the results were no
better.
I am also running Windows and have tried an installation of Ubuntu on
the box with both cards without any real hassles.
I have set the refresh and sync rates amd the modes for the screen
(have even copied the working "Vesa" setup from Ubuntu) but I still
can't get a working screen (it varies from completely black using the
NVIDIA cars to a fuzzy mess using the Via).
If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be extremely
appreciated.
Regards
Andrew
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