Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:03:31 -0700 From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xorg Redux Message-ID: <4C72A9E3.7070609@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008231018080.88061@wonkity.com> References: <4C72977B.9060104@comcast.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008231018080.88061@wonkity.com>
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On 08/23/10 09:21, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Rem P Roberti wrote: > >> Thanks to the list X11 is now running perfectly on my desktop; not so >> on my Thinkpad R51. Here's what's happening. I installed xorg on >> this new 8.1 installation, and have run the xorg configure program, >> copying the xorg.conf.new file to /etc/X11 as xorg.conf. I have both >> hald and dbus enabled in /etc/rc.conf. When I try to run the test on >> xorg.conf, or if I just run "startx" I momentarily see the initial >> screen, which is displayed when X11 loads, but then the screen goes >> blank, and that's all she wrote. No keyboard, no mouse, totally >> frozen. The only way out is a reboot via the power switch. > > The R51 should have Mobility Radeon 7500 or 9000 graphics. Here's the > xorg.conf from my T42 with a 7500: > > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=show_config&config=xconfig&laptop=12947 > > Apparently IBM used a number of different graphics cards with this laptop. Pciconf -lv indicates a 855/GM Montara Integrated Graphics Device. I am in the process of copying the xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log files over to this computer so that I can post them.
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