From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 15 08:10:19 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 C22EB16A402 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:10:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cptsalek@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8650913C428 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:10:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cptsalek@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so580466wxc for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:10:18 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MxuH99C5+ynG8wLEhIaQnFGuq3WRPXhlLodO1tMkKd336n65e9KKBDPv9NcnG1egYjkgvENrwXU0Do7Zf6VAgCT0MiuHj7gkccw6AR6Dx7v/VG7M9fPwv6jtMN5Tm2Hd5VBFvuxbdNn+BL165bAUlLWePcCDyYlXEBIdQBe1+wE= Received: by 10.70.38.12 with SMTP id l12mr2486053wxl.1171527018849; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:10:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.14.15 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:10:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <14989d6e0702150010v799dc698n93e2ac003e8d77bd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:10:18 +0100 From: "Christian Walther" To: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" In-Reply-To: <499c70c0702142202m74264384k3d36bd70e326a961@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2b5834fa0702142114v5e2d37b0t30eef03c892b9819@mail.gmail.com> <499c70c0702142202m74264384k3d36bd70e326a961@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Neeraj Sharma 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 08:10:19 -0000 On 15/02/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > On 2/15/07, 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... > > > > -- > > Thanks & Regards, > > Neeraj Sharma > > That is alright to show you xorg works or not. Yes, a blank screen and a locked keyboard is a perfect description of an X configuration that isn't working. ;-) > > After doing that press ctrl+alt+backspace > > Then #cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf then type startx or > reboot your notebook. Sorry for correcting, but this is not adviseable at this point. His X isn't working obviously, so installing xorg.conf into the right place would lead to more problems, without solving anything. He can do so when the X configuration is working. > > -- > Regards, > > -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri > Arab Portal > http://www.WeArab.Net/ Regards Christian