From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 19 16:44:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A0B016A469 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:44:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0F1413C4C9 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:44:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5JGiOdi039272; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:44:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l5JGiNrs039271; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:44:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:44:23 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20070619164423.GA38937@thought.org> References: <20070619065038.GA34628@thought.org> <20070619231743.6742ee69@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070619231743.6742ee69@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: x11/xorg update. 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: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:44:26 -0000 On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:17:43PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:38 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > The xorg.conf I created on 09jun07 was around 1K bytes. The > > new one is around 4 times that size. My logs clued me in -- > > partly. In /var/log/gdm/:0.log was the problem. An (EE) > > that said I was missing some required module. > > this probably was due to your old xorg.conf having the wrong paths in it. The > errors should be pretty obvious, otherwise using xorgcfg should make a good one > and you can, at least, use it to compare the differences. Ah, this is the new scriptthat creates xorg.conf, correct? A bit easier than typing X -configure and messing with the /root files. What I don't understand is all the output about missing modules to stderr. ...but .... ... . > > good to hear u're back into X :) > Me too! gary > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts ... for support rather > than illumination." Andrew Lang (1844-1912) > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. > Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been > Warned. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix