Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:44:05 -0500 From: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: some notes on a clean install Message-ID: <20061223024405.GA5921@mail.scottro.net>
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Today I grabbed an unused laptop at work, threw CURRENT on it and did a clean install of xorg-7.x Once again, I ran into that xkb problem. This time, I wasn't able to fix it the way I had--when the xorg-server upgrade hadn't worked, I could just do it again with a -w to not clean, do a mv of xkb and fore deinstall and reinstall xkeyboard-config. Being lazy I tried that again, but it didn't work this time. Fortunately, SirDice had given a more intelligent description of the problem, so creating a /var/lib/xkb directory solved it. I had installed just the basic fonts and got the same error mentioned today, no default font fixed. I don't remember that one happening before, but again due to the earlier post today, I fixed it (heh, ~fixed~ it, get it?) by installing font-alias. My other problem was simply that Gateway doesn't document the specs on their laptops very well, or if they do, it's not easy to find. Even giving the serial number on their support site didn't enable me to find the refresh rates. Very aggravating, but it's a Windows world and life is tough. I tried a few live CDs before I got one that was able to give me proper specs--it was the elive Linux CD. So it seems that there is a problem with the xkeyboard-config port and also there might be a necessity to install font-alias. (After I got the unable to find default font fixed error, I gave up and install the xorg-fonts metaport, but it didn't solve the problem.) My thanks to others on this list--the developers of course, for all their work, and also those others who post their problems (and solutions). I was able to get by, driver wise, with just the mouse, keyboard and i810 video drivers. I also just put in, as far as xorg-apps, twm, xterm xauth and xinit. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Xander: Are you ready to get down, you funky party weasel?
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