Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:09:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net>, freebsdQuestions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 10.2 graphics problem Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151906420.69660@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20150915225637.05c1ffad.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <8F541F88-2EAE-434C-B52C-43A744F54ADD@slsware.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151329030.76298@wonkity.com> <E6FDE819-14B8-4906-8E9C-F297341781E7@slsware.net> <867fnr1lwy.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <D5276C30-F75D-4C2B-9C21-F80502CFA30D@slsware.net> <20150915225637.05c1ffad.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Polytropon wrote: >>> You say that you can't "quit >>> back to the console," which in my mind could mean two different >>> things. >> >> Ah! Nothing works, mouse, keyboard, nothing except the power button. > > This sounds familiar - X, HAL & DBUS fun. :-) > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html That article is somewhat obsolete and can be replaced with "Use vt(4)." Problems can also be caused by cargo-culting an xorg.conf file, rather than trying with an empty one. > I have configured X to work without HAL and DBUS and PolicyKit > and ConsoleKit and who knows what stuff... but if you're going > to use Xfce, you better keep those dependencies or many things > inside Xfce won't work as expected. Not necessary. I use dbus with xfce, but HAL is not needed and the rest need little or no configuration. >> This is a SuperMicro with a low end Radeon graphics card. >> If vt(7) doesn't work I'll try vt(8). Err... there is only vt(4).
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