Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:56:29 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xorg Redux Message-ID: <4C729A2D.8010107@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C72995F.6060802@gmail.com> References: <4C72977B.9060104@comcast.net> <4C72995F.6060802@gmail.com>
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On 8/23/10 11:53 AM, Glen Barber wrote: > 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, > I misread your 'hald and dbus enabled' as 'disabled' initially, so this may or may not help. Do you see a mouse pointer when the screen goes blank? Also, can you include Xorg.log.0 and xorg.conf? -- Glen Barber
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