How to change back "nvidia" to "nv" in x - PC-BSD Forums

EvilBill · #1 03-08-2007, 02:47 PM

I just put PC-BSD back in last night after seeing there are 3 new patches. Anyhow, I got everything ready, ports, sources etc.

So I go to put the newest NVidia driver in from ports, it goes in fine. I then edit the Xorg config file [like I have done before] to say "nvidia" instead of "nv".

It will not boot, I guess something has changed while I was off in Slackville

:? .

I don't know how to change it back. In Linux I would just use Slax live & go in & edit the installed version, no problem. FreeBSD does not seem to let you do this? Is there a way?

dracheflieger · #2 03-08-2007, 04:16 PM

At the PC-BSD ASCII screen, hit #4 to boot to single user mode. Then, once you are at the boot prompt hit <enter> to accept the sh shell. Then

Code:

mount -u /
mount -a

to make it read/write. Then,

Code:

Xorg -configure

to create a /boot/xorg.conf.new and once that is done

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cp /boot/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and then reboot

EvilBill · #3 03-08-2007, 05:34 PM

I gave it a try Drache,........not much luck, I just did a fresh install........

ops:

Thanks for the reply anyhow. I guess I don't have as much patience as I should.

dracheflieger · #4 03-08-2007, 06:33 PM

Sorry EvilBill...dammit, I meant

Code:

cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf