From nobody Sat Feb 3 17:00:52 2024 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4TRzRq3QQSz59jZ0 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2024 17:00:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from soth.netfence.it (mailserver.netfence.it [78.134.96.152]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mailserver.netfence.it", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4TRzRp1tQNz4ZBw for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2024 17:00:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=netfence.it header.s=202401 header.b=xrjHwcoH; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=netfence.it; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ml@netfence.it designates 78.134.96.152 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ml@netfence.it Received: from [10.1.2.18] (alamar.local.netfence.it [10.1.2.18]) (authenticated bits=0) by soth.netfence.it (8.17.2/8.17.1) with ESMTPSA id 413H0q7Z047472 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2024 18:00:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=netfence.it; s=202401; t=1706979652; bh=uyeocTW6Zz1lYPWBKC39iBh3UVeIzEji4n/XRdtkr2E=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=xrjHwcoHXTeBV7HzehInH5u4DxcAzXAGIvFzYnR4sCiXRmW9eaKvPn7hRNyn98bfX 2ogLHud1c9M5bLPKE5ln7AH/nFoZQJMxtJDysyaezpWCzk5xUQmWCMon6Brmwvd/tM 19GwN7tscY62ZnY3akmAyoTweojvZUBKA2QV4EPQ= X-Authentication-Warning: soth.netfence.it: Host alamar.local.netfence.it [10.1.2.18] claimed to be [10.1.2.18] Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2024 18:00:52 +0100 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Installing/running X11 Content-Language: en-US To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20240203144851.d47zguvjtisjdsz4@yosemite.mars.lan> From: Andrea Venturoli In-Reply-To: <20240203144851.d47zguvjtisjdsz4@yosemite.mars.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.99 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[netfence.it,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:78.134.96.152]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[netfence.it:s=202401]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:35612, ipnet:78.134.0.0/17, country:IT]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; HAS_XAW(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[netfence.it:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TRzRp1tQNz4ZBw 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.