From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 14:04:06 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 8E555106566C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:04:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A60D8FC14 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:04:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so6812038iad.13 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:04:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zA1i892pv1oNTGdvqm7pw1OnLaAAssL8nYruXt/jDYM=; b=xy6+FBf2szk4ZhKY8UGh77OKQ9SB5sTgaTvHJa0ToaVq6j5XOM2+Q4WoQeNjApRDdj Jn9zJpuvzwewlNVUVhEnliH273To1dl9TxUH1VuPClJ8Ibjrtdj6IkooVJ7xiAkaWa+X WWGkjIcNpQt87+aej6HhwnhQwGmUyEnZXYLJs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.137.1 with SMTP id w1mr2611203ict.29.1316354644072; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:04:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.177.199 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:04:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:04:04 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Garrett Cooper Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Thomas Mueller List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:04:06 -0000 On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote= : > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, =A0<"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. =A0When I type >>> startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, >>> just colors. =A0The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. =A0I 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. =A0I hav= e >>> updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the >>> same. =A0I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver? >>> What should I do? =A0I want to help in testing and have no way to repor= t >>> 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 keyb= oard. >> >> Cure was, to include in /etc/rc.conf >> >> >> hald_enable=3D"YES" >> dbus_enable=3D"YES" > > =A0 =A0This seems like more of a question@ issue. > =A0 =A0I 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? > Thanks, > -Garrett > I will check on Monday as soon as I get to my machine to see if I have these in /etc/rc.conf and also output what is in /var/log/Xorg.0.log(if I can get to X to save it). Could it be that xorg-server is not installed? I have been fortunate to install xfce + xorg and things just worked(TM) for me. I will get back as soon as I have some results. Thank you all who have dropped some suggestions. Regards, Antonio