From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 15 05:48:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD8716A402 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:48:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 983C813C467 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:48:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l1F5mTXM018271 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:48:29 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l1F5mSe8001513 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:48:28 -0800 Message-ID: <45D3F42A.7070709@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:48:26 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <2b5834fa0702142114v5e2d37b0t30eef03c892b9819@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2b5834fa0702142114v5e2d37b0t30eef03c892b9819@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.2.14.213434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:48:29 -0000 Neeraj Sharma wrote: > I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP > zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran > the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use > that > to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to go back to the > console also. > > I tried playing around with the parameters in xorg.conf.new file but > without > success. If anyone can help me with this it will be great... Two things that would really help: -The video card and monitor sections of your xorg.conf file. -More info about your video card (maker, model, etc). This can be found using pciconf -lv. A snippet would do nicely (not a whole list of all the devices in your PC that are PCI related. Thanks :). -Garrett