From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 06:26:18 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D243106564A for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 06:26:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbert.raimund@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64EFA8FC0C for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 06:26:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Apr 2010 05:59:35 -0000 Received: from host-194126238033.net-serwis.pl (EHLO localhost) [194.126.238.33] by mail.gmx.net (mp051) with SMTP; 05 Apr 2010 07:59:35 +0200 X-Authenticated: #18511094 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18Ygxp8EioYl2LArDZ93O1Bge6jBdtWxsbIVfDAm5 dqaU6JXSBG5arm Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 07:59:27 +0200 From: herbert langhans To: Henry Olyer Message-ID: <20100405055927.GA4791@sandcat> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.54000000000000004 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: under X, frozen keys, no mouse X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:26:18 -0000 Henry, you may have installed xorg with the HAL-option on. If you want to try without it go to the /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server. Use #make config, switch off the HAL support and #make reinstall. Cheers herb langhans On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 10:54:03PM -0400, Henry Olyer wrote: > I installed FBSD 7.3 on an older Compaq box. It has a built-in video card, > this isn't a top of the line superfast machine. > > But it is important for me to press it into service. > > I tried using a couple of Option lines in xorg.conf, but no luck. > > so now my questions... > > Will FBSD 7.3 make use of xf86cfg or some such program. I ask because the X > --configure command has never worked for me; Not on any of five different > machines I've put FBSD on. > > I'm not trying to do a sophisticated install either -- and though I've > decided against running OpenBSD, the default install put's up X > perfectly... (Why??) > > wish I knew more... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- sprachtraining langhans herbert langhans, warschau http://www.langhans.com.pl herbert dot raimund at gmx dot net +0048 603 341 441