From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 26 17:18:53 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 091A6106564A; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:18:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bthigonnet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 572B68FC12; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:18:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaak11 with SMTP id k11so1039324eaa.13 for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:18:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OdpazumaTjMbrQ3g8S3HUvFx7C2MwP81VdiIaW0J6o8=; b=rY1VDY8ushdv3WYQ1pQcRb46OCArNCmtcchgpH54el4qatc16n7BZ624n4CIT2zrhh 3JJuYUzb+8qkMDimaydxuqHjJrnMWoNV+xkd7FBFiUhs9rS8WHOe4oEtxAuKiTSplINS w9miBx2/V5O/jYKOt+/LqDuw4zf7fWmp4IhT4wF4yLceLsw7sigiQ97pX9XUsqZSoX/T bMaLkT5V6tgGo1vUY5ESVvvVjqzOX7FzhQ9qpyK2JKw2QtkFqiDNyDEa2RMdTG5/LPew c2smkW2y2XZ2PqFmebc7ifFHgk2KBSA9CucezKuNLPp2ya9yfOy+4n3fAYFl/a0J/2z3 YeZw== Received: by 10.14.224.4 with SMTP id w4mr14616917eep.21.1346001530837; Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:18:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.4.96] (uze30-1-88-126-129-209.fbx.proxad.net. [88.126.129.209]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c6sm45557057eep.7.2012.08.26.10.18.49 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:18:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <503A5A77.3050200@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:18:47 +0200 From: Bernard Higonnet User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <50328A38.4050304@higonnet.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, xorg@lists.x.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Difficulty running X11 on Toshiba Satellite A10-S1692 running FreeBSD 9.0 - some progress X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:18:53 -0000 On 21/08/2012 02:58, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Bernard Higonnet wrote: >> There appeared to be no errors in any of the install, Xorg -configure is >> happy. >> >> But when I run Xorg -config xorg.conf.new (with or without -retro) screen >> goes black, computer freezes and I can only restart it by first powering >> off... >> >> I have searched for configuration files for this machine without success. >> >> The output of pciconf says >> >> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00021179 chip=0x35828086 >> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >> vgapci1@pci0:0:2:1: class=0x038000 card=0x00021179 chip=0x35828086 >> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > > OK. Maybe a bit more information would help. > > What do you get from 'pciconf -lv'? Can you start Xorg without trying > to create a config file? Most systems today will start out of the box > and the configuration generator has been know to lock up. What about > make.conf? Do you have WITH_NEW_XORG in it or any other options tied > to video or Xorg? > Well, I replaced Driver "intel" by Driver "vesa" Now when I run X with xorg.conf.new and -retro I get the herringbone pattern and I can move the mouse around. That's the good news. The bad news is I can not get out of this and still have to power down the machine to regain control of it... Bernard Higonnet