From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 23:09:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4015A106566C for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:09:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jimmiejaz@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f200.google.com (mail-yx0-f200.google.com [209.85.210.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB0388FC15 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jimmiejaz@gmail.com) Received: by yxe38 with SMTP id 38so1484311yxe.3 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:09:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nq6Ih7zenY/FyrPOYJd6zPCxnIwTT4jtsUY3UTTPK4g=; b=mbQC7m6VA4RIIeGoH2j/zldSLmFb8n2PiM/sK4TQLQbwxj4oon4L9E5rqFaxx/gIPd IXxVyN99umX1HtLTBa3uKkFFOkhn17EuKX7H4KLE2anRP7YYtjB/rG0DxTRBEfmVf98v HfF4WpU8V7NFtJTkaWaq0PPS06zzDRoOUErWc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ufqJgpKDmZN6n6iLlBSXBTpW3WptncHqPTaZfuhkgBAnpZA9emFaBm0pyGvs9MRhrA yku0gk7IpaQJpibdRpXKz0BClcyP24cwWnKrx6wLDphlGXjRs9FaXHhhyE5jivIz5TCp dVOq9zTIW4p5mF3XG0ChickNdYTA36P3mGDNI= Received: by 10.151.132.4 with SMTP id j4mr10040699ybn.120.1245625787276; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:09:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jimmiejaz.org (bas1-toronto44-1279614615.dsl.bell.ca [76.69.94.151]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm834790ywf.22.2009.06.21.16.09.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A3EBDB9.1040108@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:09:45 -0400 From: Jimmie James User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.7pre (X11/20090406) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Shawn Badger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Intel i915 / Xorg issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jimmiejaz@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:09:48 -0000 >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. -- Over the years I've come to regard you as people I've met. I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other, and when I am alone I am together.