From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 16 23:45:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CABB610656DC for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66A528FC20 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBGNjmfc097954; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:45:48 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id nBGNjmxE097951; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:45:48 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:45:48 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: doug@safeport.com In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200912131042.50936.lumiwa@gmail.com> <200912131810.38468.frank@fthieme.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:45:48 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about xorg 7.4 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: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:45:49 -0000 On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, doug wrote: > I have a IBM thinkpad T42p. xorg 7.4 is pretty much a disaster for me. First > I wonder if anyone has gotten 7.4 to work on this or similar hardware. The > system is 3+ years old when it was still IBM. My T42--no P--is the only system that the new Xorg has worked on completely from the start, including 3D acceleration! But it has a Radeon 7500, and yours might have fancier graphics. > I have done this a time or two starting with the first version of KDE and > FreeBSD 4.. I believe I have tried all of the options in the > handbook plus a couple of various from this list and google. So I was not > going to add xdm and Xorg output, at first anyway. > > The one thing I have not done is upgrade the BIOS and am not sure that > matters. I was/am afraid of breaking an otherwise great system. It runs xorg > 7.3 and KDE 3 or 4 fine. I go to this point because I broke things trying to > install firefox3 and got all tangled up in upgrading ports and thought I > would give xorg 7.4 a try. > > I am running FreeBSD 7.2. Xorg was installed using pkg_add on a system > without any ports. Upon hitting the xdm trap, I also installed that package. I would not attempt to install KDE or GNOME until xorg was working and twm works. > All variations give me a black screen with the keyboard locked. startx, xdm > and xorg all do the same. Does ctrl-alt-f1 switch to the console? If so, good news--it's working. You need to run dbus and hal as per the Handbook page. Or disable hal, also as per the Handbook page. > I assume this is a hardware issue and hope someone found a way around > it. It's possible, but hard to tell. If you can post your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log, that would help. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA