From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 12:17:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DF9E106566B for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from henry.olyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.221.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04F508FC13 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:17:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk5 with SMTP id 5so4425247qyk.3 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:17:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=jsLmTqYFCFeYENVFD1jhkUqqVKwuuocghsVFbQamDCo=; b=jR9vbOH+fTanpnGlLj/4YQN9vwrVekStGa1SfgktSUpMzIB+4cRjIF0V2mitKh+71C J9hWn5c/v/9Ae0+uas4ZmtmcH5Q4IDTvLJ+P0IN6+G+XfiN0lNDiY6ovRE2Iq23kYglK h61kndlyhjvWKGMPwTcwGtWg9CGXj1f7C6YyM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=P4lKJLv4bwNyQQtJQbZyQfBXXMFk7S+BOeY0NSxDyeyrGMDewN+kKLr6e+y0B142hU dVO/wyRVHKzZdyP8HtxGrB81bHfnjKj3yrOxyqGMxfG9VQjaKCBo2pC0wEnNTEe3/vgN 9WWaY/wuSRzJCQRhE65eaHl38mZYpWX02ft5w= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.89.17 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 05:17:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:17:19 -0400 Received: by 10.229.236.16 with SMTP id ki16mr7356289qcb.68.1270469839083; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:17:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Henry Olyer To: Masoom Shaikh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: under X, frozen keys, no mouse X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:17:20 -0000 I see: Setting master xclock: not found Dropping master While the root screen has: drm0: on vgapci0 vgapci0: child drm0 requested pci_enable_busmaster info: [drm] AGP at 0xf0000000 128NB info: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 I have: hald_enable=YES in the boot up conf file (/boot/loader.conf) and Option "AutoAddDevice" Off Option "IgnoreEmptyInput" Off in the xorg.conf file On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Masoom Shaikh wrote: > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Henry Olyer wrote: > > I installed FBSD 7.3 on an older Compaq box. It has a built-in video > card, > > this isn't a top of the line superfast machine. > > > > But it is important for me to press it into service. > > > > I tried using a couple of Option lines in xorg.conf, but no luck. > > > > so now my questions... > > > > Will FBSD 7.3 make use of xf86cfg or some such program. I ask because > the X > > --configure command has never worked for me; Not on any of five > different > > machines I've put FBSD on. > > > > I'm not trying to do a sophisticated install either -- and though I've > > decided against running OpenBSD, the default install put's up X > > perfectly... (Why??) > > > > wish I knew more... > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > add this line to your rc.conf > hald_enable="YES" > and restart your machine >