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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:02:41 +0300
From:      "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com>
To:        "Neeraj Sharma" <neeraj.dl@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
Message-ID:  <499c70c0702142202m74264384k3d36bd70e326a961@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <2b5834fa0702142114v5e2d37b0t30eef03c892b9819@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2b5834fa0702142114v5e2d37b0t30eef03c892b9819@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2/15/07, Neeraj Sharma <neeraj.dl@gmail.com> 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...
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Neeraj Sharma

That is alright to show you xorg works or not.

After doing that press ctrl+alt+backspace

Then #cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf then type startx or
reboot your notebook.

-- 
Regards,

-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Arab Portal
http://www.WeArab.Net/



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