From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 3 20:27:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC202A40C55 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2015 20:27:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22f.google.com (mail-wm0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A865108A for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2015 20:27:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: by wmww144 with SMTP id w144so38200780wmw.0 for ; Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:27:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=xChlVY9DCNWUQGhxgiZLydq8TdyI0HlCYqoIgaREjCk=; b=TsoY/9mMoFr/b/0VPlb3oPPYWoJUs6w8u1aJ+Ia2qE1cV/YKXpg9QkqUaVRm0/EE4L jC5GIEPYmkbalxPS/vY6M9US41XP42DQp11jAm8wdHivWJ6hP9FaAwvR+QCkBV8x4DO6 fNomHIP4CbYIO9r1KnShPwaHalEMAjui89nmNKDYpEjBFA/7kMrzIRI9PXaktdSM6ozs GVGCI0IWSNCi2Wvx2MHJoLJAOShjNP2ylxjx/VSDB97HXKIC6ZXTpgphrA/sfCLqUF+s eY3sWETytg5cGql1aRP3PIMvQA1QzM3KQteW2AnfQGF522sX+bRJvLZMubPvdBE2oCUN gMig== X-Received: by 10.194.112.131 with SMTP id iq3mr13097623wjb.35.1449174466950; Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:27:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.202.201 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Dec 2015 12:27:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151203174008.GA98937@becker.bs.l> References: <20151203174008.GA98937@becker.bs.l> From: "Jack L." Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 12:27:07 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: X won't start To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:27:49 -0000 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 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" >