Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:09:45 -0400 From: Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> To: Shawn Badger <shawnbadger@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Intel i915 / Xorg issue Message-ID: <4A3EBDB9.1040108@gmail.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>Hi, I've seen several posts with similar issues, but none of them have >helped me resolve my own. I am using 7.2-RELEASE on my laptop with an >Intel i915 graphics card. My problem is that Xorg refuses to start >(most of the time) and posts an error in the log: > drmDropMaster failed: Unknown Error -1 >I have gotten X to start on occasion, but I've never been able to get >fluxbox to start. The command "Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf -retro" >always works correctly. >xorg.conf: http://pastebin.com/f44c3bfa1 >Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/f22d7e99c >dmesg output: http://pastebin.com/f7d02e787 >Any help would be very much appreciated. >Thanks, >Shawn I have the 82915G/GV/GL, 82910GL card. http://pastebin.com/mc88b390 My xorg.conf grep'd dmesg, Xorg log and full Xorg.log file. Have you tried running X without a conf file? The newest server doesn't need one, it "should" autodetect everything. HTH. -- Over the years I've come to regard you as people I've met. I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other, and when I am alone I am together.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4A3EBDB9.1040108>