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Date:      Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:09:45 -0400
From:      Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com>
To:        Shawn Badger <shawnbadger@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.2  Intel i915 / Xorg issue
Message-ID:  <4A3EBDB9.1040108@gmail.com>

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>Hi, I've seen several posts with similar issues, but none of them have 
>helped me resolve my own.  I am using 7.2-RELEASE on my laptop with an 
>Intel i915 graphics card.  My problem is that Xorg refuses to start 
>(most of the time) and posts an error in the log:
>    drmDropMaster failed: Unknown Error -1

>I have gotten X to start on occasion, but I've never been able to get 
>fluxbox to start.  The command "Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf -retro" 
>always works correctly.

>xorg.conf:     http://pastebin.com/f44c3bfa1
>Xorg.0.log:    http://pastebin.com/f22d7e99c
>dmesg output:  http://pastebin.com/f7d02e787

>Any help would be very much appreciated.

>Thanks,
>Shawn

I have the 82915G/GV/GL, 82910GL card.
http://pastebin.com/mc88b390
My xorg.conf grep'd dmesg, Xorg log and full Xorg.log file.

Have you tried running X without a conf file?  The newest server doesn't 
need one, it "should" autodetect everything.

HTH.


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