Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:52:03 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce Message-ID: <20110918095203.06d7264f@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wSBf5rikMXh18Cviz6f%2BsuwxsqfXp%2B%2Bonm6aEBYJ5VJ1w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <CAGH67wSBf5rikMXh18Cviz6f%2BsuwxsqfXp%2B%2Bonm6aEBYJ5VJ1w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, <"Thomas Mueller > <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit > >> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. When I type > >> startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, > >> just colors. The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. I am trying to > >> get kernel sources installed via sysinstall to install nvidia-driver > >> but I can't get anywhere from any ftp site I select at random. I have > >> updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the > >> same. I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver? > >> What should I do? I want to help in testing and have no way to report > >> bugs as without X there's not much one can do :( > > > >> Is it not automatically installed when one goes into > >> /usr/ports/x11/xorg, and runs make install clean? > > > > You would get the xorg server with the xorg metaport/megaport. > > > > One thing I can think of is a little dirty trick I have seen in FreeBSD but not NetBSD or Linux, X comes up but no response to mouse or keyboard. > > > > I ran startx, got twm with its windows, but no response to mouse or keyboard. > > > > Cure was, to include in /etc/rc.conf > > > > > > hald_enable="YES" > > dbus_enable="YES" > > This seems like more of a question@ issue. > I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past experience. > What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say, and what does your xorg.conf > contain? > This may not be relevant, but I had a similar problem when I installed xorg-dev a few weeks ago. I'd forgotten to update the mouse and keyboard drivers and they apparently are not updated automatically. So try going into /usr/ports/x11-drivers and reinstalling xf86-input-mouse and xf86-input-keyboard. -- Gary Jennejohn
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