From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 1 02:08:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D535106566B for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 02:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joji@eskimo.com) Received: from ultra7.eskimo.com (ultra7.eskimo.com [204.122.16.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2823E8FC13 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 02:08:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joji@eskimo.com) Received: from shell.eskimo.com (root@shell.eskimo.com [204.122.16.72]) by ultra7.eskimo.com (8.14.0/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2127sJh028346; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:07:55 -0800 Received: from shell.eskimo.com (joji@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shell.eskimo.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2127w8h004455; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:07:58 -0800 Received: (from joji@localhost) by shell.eskimo.com (8.14.3/8.12.10/Submit) id n2127w82004454; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:07:58 -0800 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:07:58 -0800 From: Joseph Olatt To: Robert Noland Message-ID: <20090301020758.GA4336@shell.eskimo.com> References: <20090228210928.GA422@shell.eskimo.com> <1235858084.1289.103.camel@widget.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1235858084.1289.103.camel@widget.2hip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X stopped working after upgrade to Xorg-7.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:08:00 -0000 On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 03:54:44PM -0600, Robert Noland wrote: > On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 13:09 -0800, Joseph Olatt wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a system with the following graphics card: > > > > Nvidia GeForce 7100 / nForce 620i > > > > It was never supported by Xorg's nv driver. However, without an > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, I could run "startx" and X would start > > up and I was able to run twm. I suspect it was using the vesa > > driver or fbdev. > > > > After upgrading to Xorg-7.4, that stopped working. > > > > Now if I try to run "startx" *without* /etc/X11/xorg.conf, > > I get the following: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_no_xorg_conf.log > > > > The corresponding Xorg.0.log is: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/Xorg.0.log_no_xorg_conf > > > > > > If I try "X -configure", I get: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/X_-configure.log > > > > When I try to run "startx", I get the following: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_xorg_conf.log > > > > The corresponding Xorg.0.log is: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_xorg_conf.log > > > > The xorg.conf file is: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/xorg.conf > > Ok, something has gone horribly wrong in the probe phase. Get rid of > all of the Screen lines from ServerLayout except for the entry for > Screen 0. Get rid of all of the Monitor sections except for Monitor 0. > Get rid of all of the Device sections except for the one that has Card0. > And finally, get rid of all of the Screen sections except for Screen0. > See what that does... > > robert. Hello Robert, I've removed everything except the lines for Screen 0. Running startx gave the following: http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_1.log Corresponding Xorg.0.log is: http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/Xorg.0.log_1 xorg.conf is: http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/xorg.conf_1 thoughts? Thanks for your willingness to provide suggestions... regards, joseph