Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2024 18:00:52 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing/running X11 Message-ID: <e24bb30b-7c7f-4681-92fe-bf82ee247530@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <20240203144851.d47zguvjtisjdsz4@yosemite.mars.lan> References: <20240203144851.d47zguvjtisjdsz4@yosemite.mars.lan>
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On 2/3/24 15:48, Paul M Foster wrote: I don't consider myself an expert, but... > the wheel and video groups. I've installed drm-kmod, xdm, xf86-video-intel, xf86-video-intel might not be necessary; I suggest you try without and only install it if that does not work. > I've added hald_enable="YES" HAL was removed in 2021 as it had "been abandonned upstream long ago". > kld_list="i915kms" to /etc/rc.conf. Do you see the screen changing resolution when that module is loaded (with no X around)? FWIW I have kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko" Does that make any difference? > At this point, advice diverges significantly. Some sites say I should be > able to just run startx and all will be fine. Some want you to run xorg > -configure. Some want you to hack X11 config files. AFAIK you should first try without any config and resort to them, in very specific cases, if default does not work. > What I can tell you is that X won't start with startx. For one thing, it > outputs these errors: > > (EE) > Fatal server error: > (EE) no screens found(EE) > (EE) Anything more detailed in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? > I have no idea how to proceed. As others have pointed out already, it would be useful to know which hardware is this. bye av.
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