From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 9 18:40:46 2011 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 45D31106564A for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 18:40:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@insightbb.com) Received: from mxsf00.insightbb.com (mxsf00.insightbb.com [74.128.0.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100048FC0A for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 18:40:45 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.62,291,1297054800"; d="scan'208";a="1041957832" Received: from unknown (HELO asav03.insightbb.com) ([172.31.249.123]) by mxsf00.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 09 Mar 2011 13:40:44 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvJTABJYd01KhIsFO2dsb2JhbACIdpANjWwMAQEBATUww3aFZQSFIg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.62,291,1297054800"; d="scan'208";a="210700045" Received: from 74-132-139-5.dhcp.insightbb.com (HELO laptop2.stevenfriedrich.org) ([74.132.139.5]) by asavout03.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 09 Mar 2011 13:40:44 -0500 From: Steven Friedrich To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:40:38 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE; KDE/4.5.5; i386; ; ) References: <201103091132.32080.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201103091340.38984.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Subject: Re: HP Pavilion zd8000 Xorg anomaly 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: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:40:46 -0000 On Wednesday 09 March 2011 12:17:10 pm Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > My system had crashed and it caused a directory to los it's dot and > > dot-dot entries. This was a directory that was used for iso-codes and > > everytie I started X, it would hang. > > > > So I didn't want to format the drive, too extreme. So I de-installed all > > my > > ports to re-install. After I got the ports un-installed, I was able to > > fix the filesystem problem with fsck. I tried beforehand,but it was way > > too many > > fsck issues. > > > > > > Anyway, I have somehow LOST my xorg.conf that WORKED. > > > > It was previously generated by xorg -configure. > > You didn't list your video card. It's a laptop.No card. ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600] rev 0, > > Most of the time, you don't need an xorg.conf anymore, just insure the > proper drivers are installed e.g. video card and X should autodetect and > use highest available settings. That's what 'm saying. It USED to work. NOW it doesn't. > > Also sometimes on a bad crash multiple fsck's are required to get UFS back > in a consistent state. -- System Name: laptop2.StevenFriedrich.org Window Manager(s): kde4-4.5.5_1 X Window System: xorg-7.5.1 X.Org X Server 1.7.7 OS version: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE i386 (5.2 MB kernel) Platform: HP pavilion zd8000 (zd8215us) CPU: 2.80GHz Intel Pentium 4 (HTT) with 2 GB memory FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2009061500/i386) Installed devices: pcm0: (play/rec) default