From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 28 05:19:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD4B9C3328 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 05:19:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from bucksport.safeport.com (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3D1B1A43 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 05:19:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from bucksport.safeport.com (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]) by bucksport.safeport.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t7S4ufMl072907 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:56:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:56:41 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: generating xorg.conf does not work Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]); Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:56:41 -0400 (EDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 05:19:29 -0000 I am running 10.1 and xorg-7.7_2. When I built and installed all this around the first of this month, the handbook still had generating xorg.conf the "tried and true" way: Xorg -configure. This did not work but letting xorg self configure did (and does) work. I am currently running xfce-4.12_1. The handbook now says, "To generate the configuration file and start the X system, issue this command: startx". A post to forums.freebsd.org on 8/4/15 says, "Auto-generating xorg.conf is not recommended any more." This by wblock@. (that you Warren??) So what gives?? startx at least as run by a non-root user generates no file and starts xorg according the that specified by /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. I have installed several ports that say add this font or make some other change to xorg.conf. And, perhaps have a problem running chrome because I am not able to do that. So my questions are basically: should this be posted to xorg; are there any guidelines on how to build an xorg.conf from the various outputs from the self-generated start; is auto generation the way to go or not; and lastly if auto-generation is the way of the future how do you add fonts and or change the other things one usually does? Thanks for any help, I sure need some :) _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277