[GNUz] Re: FreeBSD was ubuntu update errors

[Andrew Turner]

Richard Tindall wrote:

> Hi Andrew. Thanks for these..
>
> Andrew Turner wrote:
>
>>> gdm/Gnome - but only as root so far
>>
>>
>> Did you add gdm_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf ?
>
>
> I have now, rebooted, but still "$... gdm-binary: Only root wants to 
> run gdm"

Have you changed the /etc/ttys file? gdm dosn't like to be started from 
there and xdm could cause a conflict.

>
>> What video card do you have? 
>
>
> It's a Dell OptiPlex GX110 slimline , with onboard:

I have one of them running headless.

>
> & http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#AUDIO
> Intel 810 integrated sound devices

The driver is snd_ich. To test if it works run as root:
kldload snd_ich
cat /dev/sndstat

The /dev/sndstat should contain something like:
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <Intel ICH (82801AA)> at io 0xd800, 0xdc80 irq 10 bufsz 16384 kld 
snd_ich (1p/1r/0v channels duplex default)

> ( pcm(4) 
> <http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pcm&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE> 
> driver)

The pcm driver is the abstraction layer above the video cards. It is 
used to send the audio to the correct driver.

>
> Intel 810 chipset includes the video description irrc, + genericy 
> applies:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#MISC
> "VGA-compatible video cards ( vga(4) 
> <http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vga&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE> 
> driver)

The vga driver is only for the console. You might want to read 
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/X11R6.8.0/doc/i810.html
The relative Device section for the config file appears to be:
       Section "Device"
           Identifier "Intel i810"
           Driver     "i810"
       EndSection

Andrew