Re: nVidia vs NetBSD v7 resolving issue.

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On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:37:00PM +0330, Mohammad BadieZadegan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have Dell E6410 Latitude notebook (With nVidia Graphic card) and I
> installed NetBSD v7.0 as a main OS on it.
> While I run [X -configure] it make a [xorg.conf.new] and then I run [X
> -config /root/xorg.conf.new] but it errored me: [(EE) No device Detected].
> 
> Finally I changed "nv" in [xorg.conf.new] to "vesa" but still error me
> [(EE) No device Detected]!
> 
> How can I resolve this nVidia issue?
> Thanks in advance.

Have you tried just startx without an X config?

In general, nVidia support should be better in -current, as nouveau was
not included in 7.0 (but is in -current).

I've written about my experiences with an nVidia card here:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2016/01/20/msg028722.html
Maybe you will find it useful.