Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:36:20 -0800 From: "Jin Guojun [VFFS]" <jin@george.lbl.gov> To: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X -configure fails on 6.3-Release Message-ID: <4793E904.5020608@george.lbl.gov> In-Reply-To: <4793A534.7020705@math.arizona.edu> References: <4792C632.5010502@lbl.gov> <4792D7A1.6020903@math.arizona.edu> <47939CBA.6090809@george.lbl.gov> <4793A534.7020705@math.arizona.edu>
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Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Jin Guojun [VFFS] wrote: > >> Predrag Punosevac wrote: >> >>> Jim Guojun [VFFS] wrote: >>> >>>> After installed FreeBSD 6.3 on two machines, and X server cannot be >>>> started somehow on either one. >>>> >>>> Both "X -configure" and "X -probeonly" failed and errors are in >>>> attached file -- Xerr. >>>> Also, Xorg.o.log is attached. >>>> >>> >>> (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0) >>> (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) >>> (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0) >>> (EE) Failed to load module "vga" (module does not exist, 0) >>> (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0) >>> (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0) >>> (EE) No drivers available. >>> >>> >>> How did you add Xorg? It looks like you are completely missing >>> drivers. Did you reboot the computers after the XOrg was added. >>> >> I did not add Xorg. From installation, I selected either 5 >> (X-Developer) or 7 (X-Kern-Developer). >> This is what older FreeBSD installation used to add X Window system. >> > That should be enough. Did you create initial xorg.conf.new file with > Xorg -configure? Nop, "X -configure" does not work due to missing many X related packages. >> Is this an issue for 6.3 installation? >> I will try to add Xorg manually to see if this can fix the problem. >> >> -Jin > > I have no clue. I tried to play recently with 7.0 which is not as > stable as 6.3. I wanted to use Miro. Xorg was properly installed and > configured but it was crushing right after the start. > The same machine is running OpenBSD 4.2 without any issues.I actually > tried to start X even with VESA driver > (normaly I would use i810) and very conservative options but aval:-(. > It is 10 year old PIII. So nothing fancy. Manually adding Xorg package resolves the problem -- it installs everything. So, the problem is likely a 6.3 installation bug, but I wonder no one else complained it :-( Thanks for help, -Jin
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