Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:18:13 -0400 From: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: anybody manage to get Xorg to work with LG flat panel W2361 Message-ID: <4AF17105.3040500@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <20091102214935.bd92c2ce.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4AEF0D33.7000008@videotron.ca> <20091102180215.GA10648@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4AEF3F3E.7000204@videotron.ca> <20091102214935.bd92c2ce.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:21:18 -0400, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote: > >> No. The only way is by hitting the SysRq/PrintScreen key if the >> "AllowEmptyInput" is not "off", otherwise you have to reboot. >> > > Reboot isn't needed to fix things - that's a misbelief > from "Windows" land. :-) Simply SSH into the box and kill > X. > > Well, unfortunately it was like trying to fly a dead plane... the controls were absolutly useless... no keyboard, no mouse, nada... nothing! > >> Yes, but you are supposed to see the x for the mouse. Doesn't happen... >> as I mentioned, on one try when doing ctl/alt/del the X appeared and >> then - shutdown. >> > > Strange. Ctrl+Alt+Del isn't supposed to have an effect in > X, if I remember correctly. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace should kill > the X server, but doesn't obviously work when no input is > accepted. There's the "DontZap" setting in xorg.conf. > > Right, but it has never worked for me on any computer or installation - since the advent of happy hal. > > >> I use fluxbox and for some years now, I have never had to put anything >> into .xinitrc except "startfluxbox" of just plain "fluxbox" and it >> always worked. >> > > That's correct. Your ~/.xinitrc should at leas contain > an interpreter command, and then the commands you want to > run, e. g. > > #!/bin/sh > [ -f ~/.xmodmaprc ] && xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc > xsetroot -solid rgb:3b/4c/7a > exec fluxbox > > Note that the fluxbox call is to be preceeded by "exec". > > Well, again, in my case, it used to work with just plain "fluxbox"; then startfluxxbox and that's how it works now. =-O > > >> It seems to me that the options for flatpanel must be activated... bin >> there, done that... >> > > Separate options? For flat panel? I must have slept for many > centuries... > > > > Let's have a look at the log: > > >> (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or >> 'vmmouse' will be disabled. >> (WW) Disabling Mouse0 >> (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 >> > > Okay, no input for you. > > I can't see any further warnings (WW) or errors (EE) in this > log. Seems that X is up and running, and nothing more? > > Check .xinitrc and .xsession respectively. > > Ok, I finally did get it running... here's my shot at the Xorg mailing list: I quote: Well, I did get it up and running, but no thanks to any information in either the xorg or freebsd manuals... I accidentally ran startx and to my great surprise the screen came up with fluxbox and did work, albeit very sporadically... it kept going black and sort-of flickered. I shutdown and checked the log and lo and behold, the configuration file was one I had forgotten about that came from another computer from where the current disk was cloned. So, with a little tweaking, the thing now works - but the what and the why excape me completely. The configurations does not need any parameters for horiz or vertical scanning - only the screen depth and monitor size. I guess the name of the manufacturer and the model are irrelevant. Oh yes, the AllowEmptyInput had to be "off" ; the DontZap was also "off" Setting the FlatPanel settings (3 of them) to "True" does not seem to make any difference whether they are T of F. So, although it now works, configuration is still a total mystery. Does anyone understand just what is going on or are we just groping in the dark along with our blind leaders?
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