Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:21:32 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcPV_g6bh29wW=EWeCuprGOdUccPnr_srAk9xAVc2abfVA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1316539947.1744.103.camel@xenon> References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <CAGH67wSBf5rikMXh18Cviz6f%2BsuwxsqfXp%2B%2Bonm6aEBYJ5VJ1w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcN_-p2rjbqcUnBv28BOikpF3KRdDJ0obiTCWt9pssS51g@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcMsVwE9Lf2coEa5Gc=TcB95LBfPgASykta_UWCdNEJ91g@mail.gmail.com> <CAON0-RfOkki2LpzDcyaONiNF30r1BU=dDr4Ry0bhuF%2BMv7mi3Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcN2HK6X6FxBhrqA8rqR82azo4rSdNP4t02=Xn5AL1Z72g@mail.gmail.com> <CAFHbX1%2BVJYc7-Zn2v60qnihKrc%2BWKMgt96Gg1-SVF4rKZtq29g@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcMy%2ByoFcDLT5DURm_BZfufB3vGmnt7q_LVwsfJjtCQfsg@mail.gmail.com> <1316521778.1744.92.camel@xenon> <CAGH67wTXZxwqm-XdJNAmMoKis-VgfB9-OOaJ8hariWKi1BU%2BQQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcOJZ4zuQvn=LoFaAn8wYJFEMmv50xk1EA1Y05qEhz8N0A@mail.gmail.com> <1316539947.1744.103.camel@xenon>
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> wro= te: > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 12:02 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> > =A0 =A0Newb hacker tip number one: try CTRL-ALT-F1 when you get the >> > technicolor screen. If your system isn't hosed then you'll get the >> > first tty. >> >> I do know this, before it was CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE and now it is >> CTRL + ALT + F1 :) =A0I am not exactly a ``newbie'' but I am not an >> ``expert'' as I am still learning :) >> > > Those two are very different kinds of beasts. CTRL+ALT+Fx is an > xf86/xorg substitute for the regular ALT+Fx (console switching), so that > ALT+Fx can be still used within X applications. > Yes :) I meant to kill X server, but it was depracated and now CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE needs to be in xorg.conf with the Zap as you mention it. The CTRL + ALT + FX FX =3D f1, ... f12 to change virtual terminals :) But in this case did the same thing, killed X and then CTRL+C to try from stopping loading automatically. > On the other hand, CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE is a "zap" command, that will let > you instantly kill a currently running X server. Note that in more > recent versions of xorg (incl. 7.5), CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE is disabled by > default. To get it working again, you will need to setup xorg.conf with > at least: > > Section "ServerLayout" > =A0Identifier =A0 =A0"Main Layout" > [...] > =A0InputDevice =A0 "Main Keyboard" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > [...] > =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"DontZap" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "False" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > =A0Identifier =A0 =A0"Main Keyboard" > =A0Driver =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"kbd" > =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"XkbOptions" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"terminate:c= trl_alt_bksp" > EndSection > > > >> Garrett & all, >> >> I have X working :) =A0Used nvidia-driver, as specified in FreeBSD howto >> (handbook page). =A0changed 'nv' to 'nvidia', added nvidia_enable=3D"YES= " >> to /etc/rc.conf and now X works. =A0I am loading more software that is > > That's good to hear. Congratulations. > > m. > $ uname -a FreeBSD e213-amd64-1.grullahighschool.org 9.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 #0: Tue Sep 20 10:02:05 CDT 2011 root@e213-amd64-1:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 $ > > -- > Michal Varga, > Stonehenge (Gmail account) > > > Regards, Antonio
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