From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 19 06:50:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B9616A421 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:50:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A24FA13C458 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:50:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5J6od9L034749 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l5J6odC0034748 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:38 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20070619065038.GA34628@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Subject: x11/xorg update. 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: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:50:46 -0000 Guys, My portupgrade -aP was stll going full tilt late this morning after my 27th cup of French roast, so good thing I didn't wait. After only 8 or 9 days, there's obv'ly been lots of mods. Read: 'hard work' by volunteers. The xorg.conf I created on 09jun07 was around 1K bytes. The new one is around 4 times that size. My logs clued me in -- partly. In /var/log/gdm/:0.log was the problem. An (EE) that said I was missing some required module. I searched all *.ko files and even looked for the source. NADA. Then I ran another X -configure. That spat out a slew of warnings and errors but it did create an xorg.conf.new. It worked as a test and today worked to bring up gdm without any errors. (!!) I can find out my searching around what new kinds of features are in xorg-7.x, but it looks like it has better probes at least. So, to anybody who is dreading the xorg mess, there is hope. FBSD is still the best open-src group in the {known:)} universe. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix