Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:28:52 +0000 (GMT) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727@bellsouth.net To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce Message-ID: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org>
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> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit > machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. When I type > startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, > just colors. The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. I am trying to > get kernel sources installed via sysinstall to install nvidia-driver > but I can't get anywhere from any ftp site I select at random. I have > updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the > same. I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver? > What should I do? I want to help in testing and have no way to report > bugs as without X there's not much one can do :( > Is it not automatically installed when one goes into > /usr/ports/x11/xorg, and runs make install clean? > Regards, > Antonio You would get the xorg server with the xorg metaport/megaport. One thing I can think of is a little dirty trick I have seen in FreeBSD but not NetBSD or Linux, X comes up but no response to mouse or keyboard. I ran startx, got twm with its windows, but no response to mouse or keyboard. Cure was, to include in /etc/rc.conf hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" Tom
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