Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 12:27:07 -0800 From: "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X won't start Message-ID: <CALeGphwi-iX99YyMrsbA8j4tg=%2BGNS4=ObbLGt36g-oTHoSrZA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20151203174008.GA98937@becker.bs.l> References: <20151203174008.GA98937@becker.bs.l>
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What version of X? What version of FreeBSD? What happens when you just type startx without any xorg.conf? On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote: > Hi, > > on my new notebook I am not able to start X. This is really > annoying. > > First I tried to generate an xorg.conf file. This ended in > an error message: > > # X -configure > [...] > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. > Configuration failed. > (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file. > > The file "xorg.conf.new" was still written. It contains a > section: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "intel" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > EndSection > > I compare that with the output of this command: > > # pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 vga > vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x803a103c chip=0x16068086 > rev=0x08 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics' > class = display > subclass = VGA > > Looks good, doesn't it? Besides that, Linux on the same > machine uses the "intel" driver successfully. > > When I start X using the newly generated configuration file, > I get another error message: > > # X -config /root/xorg.conf.new > [...] > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 3 17:45:00 2015 > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > (EE) > Fatal server error: > (EE) no screens found(EE) > (EE) > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support > at http://wiki.x.org > for help. > (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for > additional information. > (EE) > (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. > > > But when I start X without a config file, I starts up but > is not very usable. > > # X > [...] > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 3 17:49:55 2015 > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > failed to set mtrr: Invalid argument > > Neither keyboard nor mouse (touchpad) work. When I ssh into > the machine in a second window, programs like "xterm" start. > The graphics get updated as I can see by starting "xclock". > > In the window I started X from I cannot end it using > Ctrl-C. Neither can I kill it from the other ssh with a TERM > signal. Only "kill -s KILL" works. Besides that, I cannot > switch back to the console using Ctrl-Alt-F1, altough > "kern.vty=vt" is set in "/boot/loader.conf". > > /var/log/Xorg.0.log has >700 lines with serveral EE. One > line says: > > (II) LoadModule: "vesa" > > What is going on here and what can I do to run X some day? > > Thanks in advance. > > Bertram > > > -- > Bertram Scharpf > Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany > http://www.bertram-scharpf.de > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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