From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 7 16:33:46 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B43CCB9 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 16:33:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BA6B692 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 16:33:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [75.187.32.8] ([75.187.32.8:54661] helo=raspberrypi.bildanet.com) by cdptpa-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id AA/8D-08648-2682BF45; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:33:39 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.55] (helo=dell.bildanet.com) by raspberrypi.bildanet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YUHfW-0008Iz-LQ for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:33:38 -0500 Message-ID: <54FB2862.2050600@columbus.rr.com> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:33:38 -0500 From: scrat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Xorg problems X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.130:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:33:46 -0000 I am in process of evaluating FreeBSD so I can move from the Linux world to FreeBSD. I have installed FreeBSD onto a Dell laptop Inspiron 1501 for testing, Arch linux runs fine on this laptop. I wish to install the base system, update it to the latest Released version 10.1 and then build a desktop machine using the ports method outlined in the online Handbook. Here is what I have done so far I have installed FreeBSD 10.0 and updated it to 10.1 using freebsd-update uname -a FreeBSD dell.example.com 10.1-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Tue Feb 24 19:00:21 UTC 2015 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 using freebsd-update. Ss root entered the following: /bin/sh Xorg -configure > xorg.log 2>&1 $ cat xorg.log X.Org X Server 1.14.7 Release Date: 2014-06-05 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p4 amd64 Current Operating System: FreeBSD dell.example.com 10.1-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Tue Feb 24 19:00:21 UTC 2015 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 Build Date: 19 February 2015 09:04:34PM Current version of pixman: 0.32.6 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Mar 7 10:54:47 2015 List of video drivers: ati radeon vesa (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled. Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed. (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file. $ How do I fix the error: Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed If I then following the book *|Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro|* I can not (from the book) do the following: To exit the test, switch to the virtual console used to start it by pressing *Ctrl*+*Alt*+*F/|n|/* (*F1* for the first virtual console) and press *Ctrl*+*C*. it simply doesn't work ie I can not go to the term F1 and Ctrl+C to stop xorg. Ctrl+Alt+Delete will reboot the computer. Continuing I built Xfce4 from ports, configured it to start from the command line and started it. I cannot simply log out and return to the command line as the display goes haywire. To stop the computer I have to open a terminal in xfce and su to root and issue a poweroff to shutdown. Can anyone help with to above problems? Thanks for your time