Hi All
Installing 12.1 with xfce to act as my desktop. Everything goes OK with xorg and even xfce. I installed slim and it all works except I have low resolution on my desktop because I haven't installed the correct driver for my GeForce 6600.
I compiled nvidia-driver-304 from ports without a hitch. Then I used pkg to install nvidia-xconfig and nvidia-settings. I rebooted and everything still worked but I was still getting low res desktop.
I notice there is still no xorg.conf file so I run
If I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and comment out the the whole Section "Device", and reboot I can get back to my desktop but still at low res so I don't think I'm loading/using the correct driver. I have the same card in the computer I'm on now (same hardware exactly) and can get 1600x1200 and
I have nvidia_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf
I have:
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
slim_enable="YES"
nvidia_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf
The only thing I can think of now is the linux support that I said no to when I compiled the driver. Was it mandatory that I include linux support for the driver?
All help appreciated. I'm looking into the log files now but I'm not sure what I'm looking for.
Thanks
Jeff
Installing 12.1 with xfce to act as my desktop. Everything goes OK with xorg and even xfce. I installed slim and it all works except I have low resolution on my desktop because I haven't installed the correct driver for my GeForce 6600.
I compiled nvidia-driver-304 from ports without a hitch. Then I used pkg to install nvidia-xconfig and nvidia-settings. I rebooted and everything still worked but I was still getting low res desktop.
I notice there is still no xorg.conf file so I run
nvidia-xconfig
to create one and after rebooting I can't get past slim to my desktop. If I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and comment out the the whole Section "Device", and reboot I can get back to my desktop but still at low res so I don't think I'm loading/using the correct driver. I have the same card in the computer I'm on now (same hardware exactly) and can get 1600x1200 and
nvidia-settings
works but on the one I'm loading I can only get 1024x768 and nvidia-settings
says "unable to load from any system" kldstat
shows that nvidia.ko is loadedI have nvidia_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf
I have:
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
slim_enable="YES"
nvidia_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf
The only thing I can think of now is the linux support that I said no to when I compiled the driver. Was it mandatory that I include linux support for the driver?
All help appreciated. I'm looking into the log files now but I'm not sure what I'm looking for.
Thanks
Jeff