Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:36:55 -0500 From: Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Mike's Hotmail Account <mroshi11@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hello Message-ID: <ab7b49bc0906010436j43c62514l970b0bd59b81865f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906011325410.30635@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <SNT111-DS10A9B7F98CBFC72796AE38CD4C0@phx.gbl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906011325410.30635@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >> I am trying to install freebsd on my m-2625u =A0gateway laptop but am >> running into trouble. whe =A0I try to start x all I get is a black scree= n. > > X -configure > > and look if it works fine (no crash etc). > > It will generate =A0xorg.conf file in current directory. move it to /etc/= X11 > and try to edit something > > Xorg tries to autoconfigure things but it may not always work if auto-config fails, check out the xrandr pkg/port to get some screen spec= s. Have you looked at the output of 'dmesg' (or /var/run/dmesg.boot)? It will give you detailed hardware info. Also, I suggest posting that info on this list as well. Perhaps someone has the same hardware as you and can suggest something specific to it. -Neal > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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