From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 19:17:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01B6C16A41F for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:17:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02B743D73 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:17:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [192.168.2.2] ([69.27.149.254]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBNJEjbu031690; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:14:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <43AC4C9F.3020906@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:14:39 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051026 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Teilhard Knight References: <010701c607f2$d8aa3030$210110ac@fortunato> In-Reply-To: <010701c607f2$d8aa3030$210110ac@fortunato> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBDS Subject: Re: Cannot start X 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: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:17:26 -0000 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 > before > 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. > Hrm, isn't i810 the integrated video? > Upon startx, I get in the end: > > (==) 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 looks suspiciously like a misconfiguration. Is the word "start" by itself in your .xinitrc, by chance? > 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 happy to provide any additional information. > > Teilhard. > _______________________________________________ I'd be kind of interested myself; had a similar issue with an older box (810 chipset) the other day, which I worked around by switching to the VESA driver in xorg.conf .... HTH, Kevin Kinsey There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. -- Admiral William Halsey