"Huub" <"v.niekerk at freeler.nl"> wrote:
> >
> > hm. it generated a config file for me that worked. i'll look into it
> > tomorrow. i'm not at work now.
[snip]
> xorg.conf" does work. But when I do "startx", it fails claiming "NVidia
> unknown chipset", "failed to open /dev/mem (Permission denied)" and
> "Fatal server error: no screens found". I don't get this. I've tried
> several options, including some that froze up the video and forced me to
> remotely reboot the machine. At this point I feel like reinstalling
OBSD.

You probably ran one of the old XF3 config things which messed up the
symlink.

Try:

cd /usr/X11R6/bin && ln -sf Xorg X

-- Nicholas.