Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:30:44 -0800 From: "Jin Guojun [VFFS]" <jin@george.lbl.gov> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> Cc: "Jim Guojun \[VFFS\]" <j_guojun@lbl.gov>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X -configure fails on 6.3-Release Message-ID: <4793E7B4.3060809@george.lbl.gov> In-Reply-To: <4793A896.3080604@otenet.gr> References: <4792C632.5010502@lbl.gov> <4793A896.3080604@otenet.gr>
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Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Jim Guojun [VFFS] wrote: > >> After installed FreeBSD 6.3 on two machines, and X server cannot be >> started somehow on either one. >> >> Both "X -configure" and "X -probeonly" failed and errors are in >> attached file -- Xerr. >> Also, Xorg.o.log is attached. >> >> Both machines run FreeBSD 6.2 and X works fine. >> I search wiki.x.org and freebsd list, but did not see any information >> related to this problem. >> >> Can someone tell me what is going wrong on my installation or X >> configuration? >> >> Thanks, >> -Jin >> > > I rarely install X from packages during install myself (I most always > compile the entire Xorg from ports afterwards). But wanting to test my > CDs, I did, and got the exact same result. It seems that when > installing the Standard distribution with X, several parts are not > selected (like xorg-drivers, which is causing this exact symptom. You > will also find out there is no "startx" command). Maybe the > installation does not take into account that Xorg is now modular? > However, when you reach the question about installing packages, you > can actually select the entire xorg-7.3 package and install it. This > will take care of the problem. This was not a problem of installation on FreeBSD 6.2 and earlier. It looks like a bug in 6.3 installation process. It does not matter how to select X package from the selection menu, the drivers are not installed. -Jin
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