From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 04:28:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D61C106566C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:28:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6727@bellsouth.net) Received: from fmailhost03.isp.att.net (fmailhost03.isp.att.net [204.127.217.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C9818FC0A for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:28:52 +0000 (GMT) X-Comment: Sending client does not conform to RFC822 minimum requirements X-Comment: Date has been added by Maillennium Received: from localhost (adsl-72-147-183-55.sdf.bellsouth.net[72.147.183.55]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc03) with SMTP id <20110918042852H03002sb3ae>; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:28:52 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [72.147.183.55] From: "Thomas Mueller" Cc: Antonio Olivares Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:28:53 -0000 > 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