From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 03:30:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A5D31065693 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:30:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fred@blakemfg.com) Received: from mail.getnet.net (mail.getnet.net [216.19.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CBEE08FC17 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 27774 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2010 03:30:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Aug 2010 03:30:06 -0000 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at getnet.net Received: from mail.getnet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.getnet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lfVM2IOFPx+b for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:30:06 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 27745 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2010 03:30:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blakemfg.com) (fredb@216.19.219.132) by mail.getnet.net with ESMTPA; 21 Aug 2010 03:30:05 -0000 Sender: fred Message-ID: <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:18:21 -0700 From: Fred Boatwright X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Xorg Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:30:08 -0000 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"