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Date:      Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:38:25 +0100
From:      Francisco Cabrita <francisco.cabrita@gmail.com>
To:        Shawn Badger <shawnbadger@gmail.com>
Cc:        Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Intel i915 / Xorg issue
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Hi Shawn

I would first try to figure why is this error in the logs.

(EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard

I think only errors stop the X to start. The one you show are warnings.

Regards,
Francisco

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Shawn Badger <shawnbadger@gmail.com> wrote=
:
>
> =A0 Glen Barber wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Glen Barber[1]<glen.j.barber@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Shawn Badger[2]<shawnbadger@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>
>
> Hi, I've seen several posts with similar issues, but none of them have
> helped me resolve my own. =A0I am using 7.2-RELEASE on my laptop with an =
Intel
> i915 graphics card. =A0My problem is that Xorg refuses to start (most of =
the
> time) and posts an error in the log:
> =A0drmDropMaster failed: Unknown Error -1
>
> I have gotten X to start on occasion, but I've never been able to get
> fluxbox to start. =A0The command "Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf -retro"
> always works correctly.
>
> xorg.conf: =A0 =A0 [3]http://pastebin.com/f44c3bfa1
> Xorg.0.log: =A0 =A0[4]http://pastebin.com/f22d7e99c
> dmesg output: =A0[5]http://pastebin.com/f7d02e787
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
>
>
> Try this: [6]http://www.dev-urandom.com/user/xorg.php
>
>
>
> I didn't realize you had 'AutoAddDevices' in ServerLayout at first..
> Still, give "AllowEmptyInput" "off" a shot.
>
>
>
>
> =A0 Thanks for the quick responses:
> =A0 @Glen:
> =A0 I went ahead and gave it a try - to no avail. =A0Ironically, I have
> =A0 never had any of the mouse/keyboard issues that people have complaine=
d
> =A0 about. =A0My issue is that I just can't get X to start - it appears t=
he
> =A0 drm driver is failing on me.
> =A0 @Francisco:
> =A0 I already have both hald and dbus loading in rc.conf. =A0All of my
> =A0 packages have been compiled from ports.
>
> References
>
> =A0 1. mailto:glen.j.barber@gmail.com
> =A0 2. mailto:shawnbadger@gmail.com
> =A0 3. http://pastebin.com/f44c3bfa1
> =A0 4. http://pastebin.com/f22d7e99c
> =A0 5. http://pastebin.com/f7d02e787
> =A0 6. http://www.dev-urandom.com/user/xorg.php
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