From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 08:51:13 2005 Return-Path: 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 8AD0E16A4CE; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:51:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB71243D49; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:51:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1P8p44Z000921; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:51:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j1P8p3tb062277; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:51:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j1P8p2VM062276; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:51:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:51:02 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Message-ID: <20050225085102.GA62231@thought.org> References: <20050224233127.GP36248@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050225062652.GA6912@thought.org> <20050225072846.GU36248@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20050225072846.GU36248@wantadilla.lemis.com> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: Edward Lichtner cc: Gary Kline cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where are the Xorg config files ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:51:13 -0000 On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 05:58:46PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 24 February 2005 at 22:26:52 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:01:27AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Thursday, 24 February 2005 at 22:59:54 +0100, Edward Lichtner wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> I installed FreeBSD 5.3 along with Xorg 6.7.0-9 and KDE 3.3.0-4. I started > >>> KDE by creating an .xinitrc file in my home directory containing the line : > >>> exec startkde > >>> I then run startx and KDE starts up and works fine. > >>> However, there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 or in /usr/X11R6/etc/X11, > >>> and a ³find² search reveals no xorg.conf file anywhere. Since KDE seems to > >>> work out of the box, I assume there is a config file that has been generated > >>> for Xorg somewhere. > >>> Any idea where I can find it ? > >> > >> Look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. You should see something like: > >> > >> ... > >> (==) Using config file: "/etc/XF86Config" > >> > >> (etc). You'll note in this case that it fell back to the XF86Config. > >> This may be what's happening to you. > > > > You gave me a clue, but looking ikn in log at my Xorg.0.log > > file, doesn't help me much. > > It helps me a lot: > > > (EE) Unable to locate/open config file > > ... > > (==) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines) > > (==) --- Start of built-in configuration --- > > Section "Module" > > You need to look at this config file. > The first dozen+ lines make sense, but not much more. > > xdm only works without any config file. It works at 1600x1200 but > > everything quivers, so my guess is that I'm driving the tube to its > > max. Or beyond. > > Possibly. > > > Any idea how I can get xorg.conf that runs things at > > 1280x1024? I've tried xorgcfg so far without success. > > What happened when you tried? > Strangr things: xdm eventually brings up the gray stippled bg with the "X" cursor; then the CRT clicks, screen goes black, and after several seconds it retries. Seems to be in an infinite loop. Not even gets me to an alt vtty long enough to log in and shutdown. I've had to power down to get out. Both xorgcfg and xorgconfig have the same results. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix