From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 14:16:52 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5C91065670 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:16:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gua.chunglim@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08AE8FC0C for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:16:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn33 with SMTP id 33so3353846iwn.13 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:16:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :user-agent:x-operating-system; bh=dGdRNnT3zHkDqEa6ubjAliUyzKCnOUncSOVe9vjT+2g=; b=w/12QbOXG7PST89KeId4pqJs/0OgUt7/PUwTGetBLPXBCb+Z0vldqPZevpkxL1WSMV 1XQfFgb1fe7DTmZfgdp0DC8+49s7SlVLWgnbykQhGot5wrMvk7EPrrJwo+egP4j9zaFu V2iRejlSPivKkuIexdwbW30m835qKzr4+ec78= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:user-agent:x-operating-system; b=ackackaT4H2+FzhSCCzuhB98W5KmSPI1nz9R6Z364ECQRN0Di3ecGLl6nDoHniBhcY 2luI9ldenQqL41YYlgO1+ogmVNIQ1OSDAuWhfJ3CL+F0EibnoEYE9EYIjqgzFr2rWFMy bT2aKZfXtQTdJ43oq/O04b7O4/83AXN+zq50g= Received: by 10.42.223.129 with SMTP id ik1mr1913742icb.276.1300369673986; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:47:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com ([180.180.95.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g4sm1223640ick.23.2011.03.17.06.47.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:47:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:47:28 +0700 From: Gua Chung Lim To: freebsd-x11 Message-ID: <20110317134728.GA1417@gmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-x11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE (i386) Subject: FBSD 8.2R can't startx X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:16:52 -0000 Hi All, I have been using FreeBSD since mid 2005. ``startx'' worked very well on my old machine. Mid last year I bought a new machine, HP Pavilion p6276l Home PC. I installed FBSD 8.1R, xorg and KDE shipped with DVD. It could not startx. The GUI screen was still black. And only a small square box appeared on the screen. This square box moved responding to mouse movement. I tried re-installing it several times, the problem still persisted. I mostly code C without GUI so I have left it untouched since then. Recently last week, I tried installing 8.2R, xorg-7.5 and KDE-4.5.5 from DVD. (fresh installation) The same problem persists in this version. Only a small square box appears on black GUI screen. I tried both KDE and GNOME, the results are the same. So I think that the root cause should be xorg. I cannot do any GUI stuffs but command line interface. Anyone who has any clues or experieces this problem, please point me out. Thank you in advance. Here is my related configurations... /etc/rc.conf hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" ~/.xinitrc exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde (I did not forget to chmod a+x ~/.xinitrc) /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 410 230 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "SAM" ModelName "SME1920" # Auto detected and yes, it is correct. HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" # Auto detected and yes, it is correct. VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" # it is correct. BoardName "RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650]" # I only know it is HD 4600 series BusID "PCI:2:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 ...other depths here... SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1360x768" # This mode follows one detected by Windows 7. EndSubSection EndSection -- Gua Chung Lim Please help donate to Japan. -- for earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation reliefs (2011)