Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:45:04 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: doug@safeport.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg 7.4 questions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281135550.40512@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281211530.80053@oceanpt.safeport.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912281211530.80053@oceanpt.safeport.com>
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, doug@safeport.com wrote: > I have been trying to get xorg 7.4 first going and then updated. I have some > general questions. First using xdm it takes from 3-5 minutes to start. > Second, using hal and dbus even starting is an adventure. Once it started in > well under a minute but mostly it just locks up. In reading Xorg.0.log and > xdm.log, I see no errors. Is my time-to-start out of line? Yes. For testing, disable xdm and try just "startx". If that's still slow, try "Xorg -retro" (ctrl-alt-backspace to quit, or maybe ctrl-alt-fn to switch back to the console running X and ctrl-c). I've heard of very slow starting with xdm but never got feedback to determine the problem. > Using hal and dbus was working fine until I attempted updating xorg using > portmaster, trying 'portmaster -n -PP xorg'. This gave me a list that seemed > reasonable so I tried it for real, getting an error about finding an archive > that I did not understand and the man page did not address. So I installed > portupgrade and the 'hal dbus' version of xdm stopped working. I view this as > coincidence but switching back to not using hal and dbus and using the ati > driver (rather than radeon) works. What video board do you have? What is in your xorg.conf? The ATI driver is just an autoloader; if you have a Radeon, it'll load that anyway. > As it appears that kde4 depends on having xorg updated, I am kind of stuck. > Is the time-to-start an indication that I have a basic hardware issue and all > my other symptoms derive that that? Doubtful. > My last question is does kde4 require hal or dbus to be activiated? Probably not, but I use xfce. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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