Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 09:15:50 -0300 From: Eduardo Lemos de Sa <eduardo.lemosdesa@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Assistance needed with Xorg Message-ID: <CA%2BnjGkspXFtQk9FMBZy_nsiWQ0gTofiE1-jJOL1vkA29n4SbOA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9b2a3b10-8543-8d4a-4782-20ec445dffed@fledge.watson.org> References: <HqHtTlXdnAeSsOtInEUb3f7kC-3t0xM2REcPvT3F1S5nxkeEbrrrw3MvVf3AE-pgmKagXH6KoX-3suL1jMZiR4hh3LGZ1jPK6G4KX92NRoE=@pm.me> <jBKJ3N47cLKH4RKCXbRBFJi7OBmgBrspPbFCaKDoYAqCIaodA5cMHMLSOUhp9XRrQnnsxbRr1L3Aao6vNO6nVAH86035rwwG7_zHUKUBFWo=@pm.me> <9b2a3b10-8543-8d4a-4782-20ec445dffed@fledge.watson.org>
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Dear Gabriel On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 2:40 AM doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Gabriel Saltar via freebsd-questions wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > I have decided to learn about freebsd and I have installed freebsd 12.2 > in desktop. However, I have not been able to configure Xorg correctly. > > > > My system has integrated Intel HD 2000 gpu and two monitors coonected. = I > have installed the i915kms driver. I have also enable it in my /etc/rc.co= nf > file. > > > > I have followed the instructions on the user handbook regarding adding > the user to the video group. I have also updated freebsd and updated all = my > packages. > > > > I have attempted to run Xorg -configure and it fails. When I do startx > it fails. When I checked the log, it states it failed to load driver 0, o= r > module 0. Please excuse me I'm writing from my mobile device and I do not > have access to my desktop at this time. > > > > Also, while it prompted me to look into the /var/log/x11/xorg.0... file= . > There the output stated that the config did not match the devices detecte= d. > > > > From there I looked online and saw a template for dual monitor xorg.con= f > file and did my best to emulate it and place it in the /usr/etc/local/X11= / > directory. When I did I got an error that my configuration file had an > error in line 44. I checked that was exactly after made the changes I > thought I had to do add my second monitor to xorg.conf file. > > > > At this point I am clueless. I know I have not been very specific and I > have not added the output I get from my system here, however any piece of > advice you can offer will be highly appreciated. > > > > Best Regards, > > Gabriel Saltar > > If you have not, read 5.3 and 5.4 in the handbook. Next check out > Xorg.?.log in /var/log. On my system I installed xterm, I do not know if > 12 > bundles that in. More information in https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops and > the release notes on supported hardware. Look at dmesg for errors. The > command "pciconf -lv" will list all the conponents that were recognized. > > In general startx will just work if the video, keyboard and mouse are > recognized. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > You certainly installed the i915kms drive but, did you load it? I mean, kldload i915kms.ko (as root)? Did you try to start xinit or startx without create /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? Run Xorg --configure is not a mandatory step My best wishes Eduardo --=20 Eduardo Lemos de Sa Professor Titular Dep. Quimica da Universidade Federal do Paran=C3=A1 fone: +55(41)3361-3300 fax: +55(41)3361-3186
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