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Date:      Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:07:11 +0900
From:      Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Teilhard Knight <teilhk@crosswinds.net>
Subject:   Re: Cannot start X
Message-ID:  <200512240407.17399.kjelderg@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <010701c607f2$d8aa3030$210110ac@fortunato>
References:  <010701c607f2$d8aa3030$210110ac@fortunato>

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On Saturday 24 December 2005 03:58, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a P4 HT, and I cannot start X. Actually I
> want to start KDE; the .xinitrc is in place, but I couldn't start it befo=
re
> I wrote it, either. As I cannot copy and paste, I do not give you my
> xorg.conf file, but I need the i810 driver for a Realtek A'67 integrated
> sound device whose chip apparently is Intel.
>
> Upon startx, I get in the end:
>
> (=3D=3D) Using config file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> [drm] failed to load kernel module "i915"
> (EE) I810(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
> start: not found.

This last line indicates that you are trying to run a program called start.=
 =20
Likely this is in your .xinitrc.  Is it possible that you have something=20
othere than the following in your .xinitrc:

exec startkde

> I have checked the xorg.conf file and it has no mention of module i915. I
> have tried with the config files made by "xorgcfg -textmode", but none of
> the options for the driver i810 works. The check: "Xorg -config
> xorg.conf.new", after making "Xorg -configure" and changing the resolution
> to 1280x1024, works all right, though.
>
> I would appreciate if you could give me a hint of what to do. I'll be hap=
py
> to provide any additional information.

Hope that helps.

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