From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 31 22:24:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C3D09C68B0 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:24:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from bucksport.safeport.com (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC14D1301 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from bucksport.safeport.com (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]) by bucksport.safeport.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t7VMOkIb003656; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:24:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:24:46 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: Warren Block cc: "lokadamus@gmx.de" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: generating xorg.conf does not work In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <55E0A5E5.1040803@gmx.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]); Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:24:47 -0400 (EDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:24:55 -0000 On Fri, 28 Aug 2015, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 28 Aug 2015, doug@safeport.com wrote: >> >> Maybe I should have taken the questions one at a time. My highest priority >> question is that the handbook is in error on how to generate xorg.conf. >> startx is just not correct. > > I don't understand what you are saying there. This part got cut from my first post. The handbook says: To generate the configuration file and start the X system, issue this command: % startx This is clearly wrong. 5.4 also says autoconfiguration is the preferred method. I found a post to forums.freebsd.org on 8/4/15 from wblock@ saying: "Auto-generating xorg.conf is not recommended any more." Hence my confusion. The next part I understand and will try. But it seems to me that Xorg -configure, if it is there, should work. I was asking should this be reported as a bug (I could find nothing) or is there another way just not documented yet? >> The next issue (Xorg -confgure), I only noted in passing. My question here >> is this a FreeBSD issue or should it be PR'd to Xorg. For starters 'Xorg >> -configure' selected the vesa driver, autoconfiguration picked the ATI >> Radeon driver. The vesa driver could not negociate a setting. Note even if >> it did the screen resolution would be 1026x760 or whatever the current >> one-size fits all resolution is. This is clearly an error in the Xorg >> command. There may have been other errors in the generated xorg.conf file, >> but the first one was the vesa driver could not get something out of the >> BIOS it liked. Earlier versions of Xorg this all worked albeit with the >> vesa driver. > > Back up for a second. Exactly what video hardware do you have? If you have > onboard Intel video along with an add-on Radeon card, it would probably be > best to disable the Intel video in the BIOS. If this not a depreciated method, I can report it and/or provide all the data. That was not really my question as clearly the radeon driver works. Again I was going for, "is this just a documentation error"? > Otherwise, try this for xorg.conf. Do not add this to an existing file, this > is the *entire* file: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "radeon" > EndSection I assume I can then also add the font commands as needed. I could find no documentation in the FreeBSD wiki or on Xorg that indicated X would just piece all this together. I assume this would now go in /usr/local/etc/X11. Thanks _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277