Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: "Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce Message-ID: <CAGH67wSBf5rikMXh18Cviz6f%2BsuwxsqfXp%2B%2Bonm6aEBYJ5VJ1w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, <"Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit >> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. =A0When I type >> startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, >> just colors. =A0The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. =A0I am trying = to >> get kernel sources installed via sysinstall to install nvidia-driver >> but I can't get anywhere from any ftp site I select at random. =A0I have >> updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the >> same. =A0I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver? >> What should I do? =A0I want to help in testing and have no way to report >> bugs as without X there's not much one can do :( > >> Is it not automatically installed when one goes into >> /usr/ports/x11/xorg, and runs make install clean? > > You would get the xorg server with the xorg metaport/megaport. > > One thing I can think of is a little dirty trick I have seen in FreeBSD b= ut not NetBSD or Linux, X comes up but no response to mouse or keyboard. > > I ran startx, got twm with its windows, but no response to mouse or keybo= ard. > > Cure was, to include in /etc/rc.conf > > > hald_enable=3D"YES" > dbus_enable=3D"YES" This seems like more of a question@ issue. I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past experience. What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say, and what does your xorg.conf contain? Thanks, -Garrett
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