Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:52:06 -0600 From: "Ken Folse" <ksfjr@sbcglobal.net> To: <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Ultra Enterprise 2, Creator3D, type6, Xorg issues Message-ID: <000001c5e94c$8730dd40$6401a8c0@eclipse>
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Howdy, I am using FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE with xorg 6.8.2 installed on an Ultra Enterprise 2 with a Creator3D series 3 card and (non-USB)type6 keyboard with crossbow mouse. I would like to know if there are any guides to setting up xorg to run on the sparc platform. I have tried google, but I just can't find any documentation in regards to sparc. I found an X11R6 on SPARC FAQ, but it should be more appropriately titled X11R6 on SOLARIS. I have been up and down the various mail list archives, but haven't found a definitive "THIS WORKS!" I have run X -configure and this tells me to run 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new'. When I run this, it loads X up to the grey screen with the x cursor in the middle and freezes. I can usually Control+Alt+Backspace out of this back to console. The Caps Lock, Scroll Lock, and Compose keys light up but the Num Lock does not. If I hit Caps Lock on the console, the same keys light up and stick on. However, I can toggle Caps Lock on and off. The lights just stay on. I have run xorgcfg to similar results. It loads into X, then a small window pops up, the screen goes black, goes back into X and then freezes. I can't even Control+Alt+Backspace out of this. I log in via ssh and kill X to get out. xorgconfig seems to be i386centric, so that's been a dead end. I have experimented with changing the keyboard, mouse, and framebuffer settings in the config files, but the results are always the same. I used http://people.freebsd.org/~jake/XF86Config as a guide, but I have also tried some of the settings other people have used in the mailing list. I have read of previous problems with similar set ups, especially the type6, but those were generally for older versions of FreeBSD and/or xorg. Thanks for your time.
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