From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 04:36:51 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 A950C106566C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:36:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F758FC08 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk4 with SMTP id 4so5514953qyk.13 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TlGqE8xeKwk3NB/BrsTMf8JtKNnoKmixj3ELn7mG/A4=; b=I2WAqMUZx5p0zm8COPan5k2LZRkXH5r3ftRMSoBGEVFezzsv7DJ1uFl/d6ueT6Rx92 eJZc0AzuH+kahGhBYgF02dxwyVYi1fHSsyQ9luhB8mZXEtEHo2ZTuIgmRTGWJkUy/gsa z/2RjL1zPKCjajeMDcwuFB4rB11f8uDrXj0RE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.18.203 with SMTP id x11mr824651qaa.92.1316320610419; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.37.83 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: "Thomas Mueller 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 04:36:51 -0000 On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, <"Thomas Mueller wrote: >> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit >> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. =A0When I type >> startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, >> just colors. =A0The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. =A0I 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. =A0I have >> updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the >> same. =A0I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver? >> What should I do? =A0I 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? > > 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 b= ut 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 keybo= ard. > > Cure was, to include in /etc/rc.conf > > > hald_enable=3D"YES" > dbus_enable=3D"YES" This seems like more of a question@ issue. I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past experience. What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say, and what does your xorg.conf contain? Thanks, -Garrett