From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 17 00:09:01 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 6D0AB1065670 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:09:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from oceanpt.safeport.com (oceanpt.safeport.com [65.122.17.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 197758FC0A for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:09:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oceanpt.safeport.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nBH090TC033827; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:00 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: Warren Block 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-4.0 (oceanpt.safeport.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:00 -0500 (EST) 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: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:09:01 -0000 On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Warren Block wrote: > 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 I appreciate your input. With the installation from pkg_add, the keyboard was locked. Power off was the only relief. I tried with and without hal/dbus, I changed the Driver to ati because that worked in an earlier of xorg, I commented out dri because I (mistakenly) thought that gave an error. What worked was installing xorg from the 7.2-release iso. Now what I would like to do is get rid of the black background. I actually like twm and use it when upgrading kde. Thank you for your offer to review Xorg.0.log. Unfortunately the current system only keeps two levels. My failures were long gone before questions was restored to health. Doug _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277