From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 30 05:13:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2669A106566C; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:13:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19F18FC17; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q2U5DFd4031131; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:13:18 -0600 From: Erich Dollansky To: Jin Guojun Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:13:14 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.3-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.7.4; amd64; ; ) References: <1333058462.41322.YahooMailRC@web184716.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <201203300850.34041.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <1333083183.10839.YahooMailRC@web184720.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1333083183.10839.YahooMailRC@web184720.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201203301213.14512.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:13:21 -0000 Hi, On Friday 30 March 2012 11:53:03 Jin Guojun wrote: > Unfortunately, X and startx will crash too if X -configure crashes :-) is this a new feature? Isn't xorg.conf processed at all anymore? I am under the impression that X stops probing when the configuration in xorg.conf works. Of course, I did not give X the drivers for probing for hardware which is not in the box. Erich > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Erich Dollansky > To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org > Cc: Jin Guojun ; hardware@freebsd.org; x11@freebsd.org > Sent: Thu, March 29, 2012 6:50:33 PM > Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop > > Hi, > > On Friday 30 March 2012 05:01:02 Jin Guojun wrote: > > > > I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on this > > > machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine. > > > I never use X-configure but copy xorg.conf from a machine with a running > configuration and change the settings to fit the different hardware. > > Erich >