Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 07:59:27 +0200 From: herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> To: Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: under X, frozen keys, no mouse Message-ID: <20100405055927.GA4791@sandcat> In-Reply-To: <s2h1d7089c41004041954rd9f62b99qef545ffa51cfa8d6@mail.gmail.com> References: <s2h1d7089c41004041954rd9f62b99qef545ffa51cfa8d6@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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