Xorg woes

[Per olof Ljungmark]

Andrew Walters wrote:
> No, I haven't tried without xorg.conf. The only instructions I have seen 
> tell me to run the config commands. How would I get X running without an 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Well, try it. Xorg 7.2 works very well in most cases without xorg.conf, 
as I have found out for myself.

If it does not work, post the output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log here (to the 
list I mean).

> 
> I tried to install the nvidia drivers tonight but it tells me that they 
> are only available for i386 and I have installed the amd64 version 
> (thinking that I should because I have an amd64 box but in retrospect it 
> seems to have complicated things).
> 
> Regards
> 
> Andrew
> 
> Quoting Per olof Ljungmark <peo at intersonic.se>:
> 
>> andrew.walters at cerebrum.com.au wrote:
>>> Thanks for your reply. I have been working my way through the  
>>> handbook, step-by-step. I am running FreeBSD 6.2 and xorg 7.2. I  was 
>>> hoping that it would figure it all out by itself but it only  puts a 
>>> very basic structure in the conf file which doesn't even  include the 
>>> monitor sync and refresh rates. I will re-try with the  nvidia driver 
>>> and see how I get on.
>>>
>>
>> Did you try *without* an /etc/X11/xorg.conf? I have so far upgraded
>> three systems to 7.2 and a laptop is the only one I need this file with
>> when connected to external monitor. The others works best without
>> xorg.conf.
>>
>> xorg should figure out most data by itself, so what happens now when
>> you try to start it?
>>
>>> Thanks again and sorry about the multiple emails last night!
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> Quoting Per olof Ljungmark <peo at intersonic.se>:
>>>
>>>> andrew.walters at cerebrum.com.au wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Let us know what you are currently running, OS version and xorg
>>>> version. Then, if you have xorg 7.2 you do not even need
>>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf, it figures it out pretty well by itself.
>>>>
>>>> The handbook is always a good start:
>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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