From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 07:52:07 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D311106564A for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D18868FC0C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:52:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxg9 with SMTP id 9so4008331fxg.13 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:52:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=W4N1PGkd0dcTiCHr/ypTifDLpZAUeETGzy098OOJXJ0=; b=o1W8XUIFdtWkJq2uNpulcNwWPiqg/VMcJ00nTHXl6V9cgpHzUTZ4vRwO+27mK6qcLF G35g4SbxmOP1CVoph1ENrsIu/26Xt86vPa15Bl6nw8hzQ3hI6CHXyFtzkdBzDFV99SOW wTuyRT/fsmLDhCSiCQOF1yssYtkPRJnQZ42/A= Received: by 10.223.99.91 with SMTP id t27mr2699199fan.56.1316332325728; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:52:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E2168.dip.t-dialin.net. [87.142.33.104]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v17sm4197695fai.18.2011.09.18.00.52.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:52:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:52:03 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110918095203.06d7264f@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:52:07 -0000 On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, <"Thomas Mueller > 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