Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:18:21 -0700 From: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems Message-ID: <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008190629170.68578@wonkity.com>
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Hello, I am having trouble setting up X similar to a previous posting. I have a new 8.0 installation. Using the Handbook chapter suggested below I waas able to generate and edit an xorg.conf file. It tests ok. I generated a .xinitrc file based on an example in the Handbook. When a user runs startx the screen completely blanks out. It is possible to return to the command line prompt with ctrl-alt-F1 and then ^c. No errors are listed. Where would I look for the problem? Best regards, Fred Warren Block wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote: > > > On 19-Aug-10 13:20, Rem Roberti wrote: > >> I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't > >> installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by > >> typing "startx" they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows > >> are locked up. By that I mean that there is no mouse, and no possibility > >> of entering data in the windows via the keyboard. Totally frozen. And > >> you can't get out of x in the usual manner i.e. ctrl-alt-backspace. The > >> only thing that works is ctrl-alt-del which, of course, reboots the > >> computer. Any ideas are appreciated. > > The Handbook chapter describes what to do: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > > > "New" Xorg requires HAL and Dbus to recognize input devices by default. Do > > you have these enabled? > > > > Alternatively, you revert to the old, no-HAL method by adding > > > > Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" > > Yes. > > > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" > > No. Please don't use that, it's not necessary and sometimes causes > problems. AutoAddDevices "Off" by itself disables hal input device > detection. > > > into your ServerFlags in xorg.conf. > > Or just put them in ServerLayout. > > > You might also want to add Option "DontZap" "false" into the same section as > > well to have Ctrl-Alt-Backspace working again. > > I think that DontZap is back to the default, but it's now the key > combination that is unset, so setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp > is the way to fix it. But it's been a while since I've needed to kill > X manually, so haven't tried it lately. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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