Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:11:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Brandon J. Wandersee" <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> Cc: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>, German <gentgerman@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X won't start Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1510160758190.84963@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <86lhb2zzww.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <20151015131224.212aa292@asterius.asterius.net> <20151016075205.35512541@X220.alogt.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1510152043410.3711@wonkity.com> <86lhb2zzww.fsf@WorkBox.Home>
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On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote:
> Warren Block writes:
>
>> The X meta-port or package install a set of drivers. "No screens found"
>> usually means there is something weird, like a multi-GPU setup
>> (Optimus). Without knowing what hardware is involved, it's hard to be
>> more specific.
>
> Display drivers don't get installed with the X.org distribution;
Not sure what you mean by "distribution", but the port/package depends
on the x11-drivers/xorg-drivers port, which is installed because of
that. From x11/xorg/Makefile:
RUN_DEPENDS+= xorg-apps>0:${PORTSDIR}/x11/xorg-apps \
xorg-libraries>0:${PORTSDIR}/x11/xorg-libraries \
xorg-fonts>0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-fonts/xorg-fonts \
xorg-drivers>0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers
The Nvidia binary drivers are a special case due to their closed binary
nature, and are not part of the xorg-drivers port. nv is part of
xorg-drivers, though some drivers are not enabled by default. The Intel
and AMD drivers are.
People also sometimes install xorg-minimal rather than the full xorg.
That is usually a mistake.
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