From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 22 03:59:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A4F51065694 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:59:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F208FC12 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:59:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn36 with SMTP id 36so5150827iwn.13 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:59:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.17.1 with SMTP id q1mr4256696iba.17.1282449547296; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:59:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.150.135 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:58:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C709CC3.3F571FE3@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com> <4C704C7B.134759E5@blakemfg.com> <4C707AA6.8F60FE62@blakemfg.com> <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com> <4C709CC3.3F571FE3@blakemfg.com> From: Eitan Adler Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:58:47 -0400 Message-ID: To: Fred Boatwright Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems 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: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:59:08 -0000 On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Fred Boatwright wrote= : > Eitan Adler wrote: >> >> >> Something odd is going on with some of the fonts. >> > >> > I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a >> > huge amount of software that will never get used. =C4=80 I don't want = all the >> > stuff for gnome and kde as I will never use them. >> > >> > It appeared to me that the fonts could be straightened out when >> > everything else is working. =C4=80 I think the Handbook has a section = on >> > adding fonts. >> > >> >> Hi, >> I'm the maintainer of x11/xorg-minimal. I have not been following this t= hread. >> >> Did you have problems with fonts when installing x11/xorg-minimal ? >> >> -- >> Eitan Adler > > Hi Eitan, > The Xorg.0.log file shows it can't find some expected fonts. =C2=A0The fi= le > is at > http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log These are harmless. X.org will work without them which is why I didn't depend on them on x11/xorg-minimal > The actual problem I am having is that startx produces only a completely > black screen. =C2=A0Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro =C2=A0produces the = expected > grid and mouse pointer. =C2=A0A .xinitrc file is supposed to start a wind= ow > manager. Modern X.org installs don't show a default window manager (so a black screen is "expected). What is the contents of your .xinitrc file? > > Best regards, > Fred > --=20 Eitan Adler