Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:02:39 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about xorg 7.4 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912171050140.2594@oceanpt.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912161802310.97785@wonkity.com> References: <200912131042.50936.lumiwa@gmail.com> <200912131810.38468.frank@fthieme.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912151013210.13455@fledge.watson.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912161636340.97785@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912161857080.2594@oceanpt.safeport.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912161802310.97785@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, doug@safeport.com wrote: >>> >>>> 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. >> >> I appreciate your input. With the installation from pkg_add, the keyboard >> was locked. Power off was the only relief. > > That's why I asked about ctrl-alt-f1. If X is working even without a > keyboard driver, that should still switch to the console. > >> I tried with and without hal/dbus, I changed the Driver to ati because that >> worked in an earlier of xorg, > > What are you using for a driver now? > >> I commented out dri because I (mistakenly) thought that gave an error. >> What worked was installing xorg from the 7.2-release iso. > > Which is going back to the older version of xorg. > >> Now what I would like to do is get rid of the black background. > > See xsetroot(1). Thanks much man'ing and google did not turn that up >> 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. > > When you want to try it again, I think we can make it work. I appreciate the help. You mean pkg_add will get a later version of 7.4? That is what I got off the iso. Your offer is very kind. When I first moved to BSD unix and then FreeBSD my great learning jumps where getting X working. _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277
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