When I do that, I get a WHOLE HECK of a lot of "Symbol xxx from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/xx_drv.o is unresolved!" I wonder what the heck the problem is. I've tried deinstalling and reinstalling several times. Should I just try re-installing the whole OS? Thanks, -James Turnbull ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desmond Lee" <desmond60@hotmail.com> To: <newbie@XFree86.Org> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 1:52 PM Subject: Re: Problems running XFree86 v 4.2 on FreeBSD > Hi James > > Sorry, i didn't see the part of your original email that said you were > already using the "nv" driver. That's weird, cause i would have thought that > xwindows would work then? > > Have you tried to configure the xwindows by going > > >XFree86 -configure > > ( i think you have to go into the directory where xfree 4.2.0 files were > installed /usr/X11R6/, not sure about the location caues i can't check my > freebsd machine cause i can't access it right now) > > This should generate a config file which you can copy over to where your > config files are kept, i think /etc/X11/ is where the config files are kept > (some one correct me if i'm wrong). > > Good luck > > desmond > > >From: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> > >Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org > >To: <newbie@xfree86.org> > >Subject: Re: Problems running XFree86 v 4.2 on FreeBSD > >Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:08:06 -0700 > > > >Interesting. Thank you for your response! > >They do have a Linux driver, but I figured there would be problems when I > >tried to use it with FreeBSD. > > > >I do have the "nv" driver selected, and I figured that would be enough. > > > >I'll read about getting the Linux driver then. > >Thanks, > >James Turnbull > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Desmond Lee" <desmond60@hotmail.com> > >To: <newbie@XFree86.Org> > >Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 12:50 PM > >Subject: Re: Problems running XFree86 v 4.2 on FreeBSD > > > > > > > Hi James > > > > > > I'm not sure if this is right (cause i'm a newbie to freebsd too), but i > > > think that on the xfree site it says that the Geforce 3 card is > >supported > > > under xfree 4.2 w/ an "nv" driver. > > > > > > "Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta, > > > M64), GeForce (DDR, 256), Quadro, GeForce2 (GTS, Ultra, MX), GeForce3, > >and > > > Quadro2 is provided by the "nv" driver." > > > > > > You may want to go to the nvidia web site and see if they have a > >linux/unix > > > driver available and then install it. Installing the driver shouldn't be > >to > > > hard. Usually, there's an install file w/ directions. Just download the > > > source, unzip it and then follow the instructions. If you install from > >the > > > source it'll probably tell you to do something like the following: > > > > > > >make > > > >make install > > > > > > or something like that. > > > > > > hope this helps, good luck > > > > > > desmond > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> > > > >Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org > > > >To: <newbie@xfree86.org> > > > >Subject: Problems running XFree86 v 4.2 on FreeBSD > > > >Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 11:26:28 -0700 > > > > > > > >I've got an Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti200 graphics card, and I'm using the > >"nv" > > > >driver. > > > >When I try to run > > > > > > > >#XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config > > > > > > > >I get an error message: > > > > > > > >Symbol vgaHWUnmapMem from module > >/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o > >is > > > >unresolved! > > > > > > > >How do I go about fixing this? > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >-James Turnbull > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > > > >Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Newbie@XFree86.Org > >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
