From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 5 14:16:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6917106564A for ; Wed, 5 May 2010 14:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjk@wintek.com) Received: from local.wintek.com (local.wintek.com [206.230.2.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9090C8FC18 for ; Wed, 5 May 2010 14:16:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rjk.wintek.local (172.28.1.248) by local.wintek.com (172.28.1.234) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.436.0; Wed, 5 May 2010 10:16:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4BE17DC1.5090807@wintek.com> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 10:16:33 -0400 From: Richard Kuhns Organization: Wintek Corporation User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100415 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ondrej Majerech References: <4BE16B50.5040904@wintek.com> <4BE1779C.4060003@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BE1779C.4060003@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Status of Xorg 7.5 and xfce4? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rjk@wintek.com List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 14:16:34 -0000 On 05/05/10 09:50, Ondrej Majerech wrote: > Richard Kuhns wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I've just updated the first of 3 machines running FreeBSD 8.0 as of a week or so >> ago, and after the update I couldn't start my desktop. Googling revealed that >> it's a known problem, but the only solution I could find was to delete >> xfce4-session. While doing so allows me to use my desktop again, it's obviously >> not the best answer. >> >> Has there been any progress on fixing this problem? I don't want to update the >> other machines until it's resolved. >> >> I'll be happy to help with any testing and/or supplying more details about my >> setup. At this moment, though, there's nothing to add that isn't already in the >> mailing list archives. >> >> Thanks! > > I didn't experience any problems with Xorg 7.5 and Xfce4 on 8.0-STABLE. > > Try renaming your ~/.config/xfce4 and ~/.config/xfce4-session to > something else and see if that allows you to use your desktop again. > I've also seen a case where the culprit was /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- if you > have autogenerated xorg.conf, try generating it again, or try removing > stuff from it until it starts working. (If it does start working, of > course.) > > ~ Ondra I'll try renaming ~/.config/xfce4 when I get home this evening. I've already removed ~/.config/xfce4-session to no effect, and I don't have an xorg.conf file at all. BTW, the machine I updated is running amd64; was your successful update amd64 or i386? Thanks for the suggestions. -- Richard Kuhns My Desk: 765-269-8541 Wintek Corporation Internet Support: 765-269-8503 427 N 6th Street STE C Consulting: 765-269-8504 Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Accounting: 765-269-8502