From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 15:53:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF0DA10656A7 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:53:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B4D48FC0A for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:53:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws7 with SMTP id 7so6143424vws.13 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:53:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7OnkCFdiEtU133TP6yaiGC3GQCdjbqhyHZ5nUUTU1P8=; b=WAReVGdNRjdTy/dXHN7HHMZP7L1Wrda1vdIx3Hdv4PhiHD1Xa1u2tF6Hqd7WUqO0rl eDaYm99NiC+Iovj3m24q0gMGSgXNoSLNTmupT8Hf46cW/3SFnKC0M3KT9q0Ja9qToeNx v4XfKo1HPscgR0+Ik1dgBj40lj+HzuBC5Pg08= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=K4qt3JTunFlYdWDtUYrMHM8UthRhEwchqx0vaFEeW+s7alLqd1M9E64qBBv59EntHc 32sOyUP/2H/Dl+Qm6QJWEhhIJ90gSBCRSFU51Mm5wEdYdhxJDMirSkwJfnMGQemrOgzZ mV12Wg1yVAX8hR17HoxI3AgcI8Q1yNJ5KQwZw= Received: by 10.220.88.152 with SMTP id a24mr3224106vcm.129.1282578786548; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:53:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from schism.local (173-161-130-225-Philadelphia.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.161.130.225]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w1sm3545192vbl.8.2010.08.23.08.53.03 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:53:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C72995F.6060802@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:53:03 -0400 From: Glen Barber User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rem P Roberti References: <4C72977B.9060104@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4C72977B.9060104@comcast.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Xorg Redux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:53:07 -0000 On 8/23/10 11:44 AM, Rem P Roberti wrote: > Thanks to the list X11 is now running perfectly on my desktop; not so > on my Thinkpad R51. Here's what's happening. I installed xorg on this > new 8.1 installation, and have run the xorg configure program, copying > the xorg.conf.new file to /etc/X11 as xorg.conf. I have both hald and > dbus enabled in /etc/rc.conf. When I try to run the test on xorg.conf, > or if I just run "startx" I momentarily see the initial screen, which is > displayed when X11 loads, but then the screen goes blank, and that's all > she wrote. No keyboard, no mouse, totally frozen. The only way out is > a reboot via the power switch. > > As usual, help is very appreciated. > Try adding this to xorg.conf: Section "ServerFlags" option "AutoAddDevices" "off" EndSection Regards, -- Glen Barber