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Cc: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: question about xorg 7.4
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doug@safeport.com wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Pieter de Goeje wrote:
> 
>> Xorg defaults to a black screen instead of a checkerboard pattern 
>> these days.

You can revert to the old style with -retro flag to X .If things are 
working you should see the old style screen with an X mouse pointer (if 
enabled)

Not trying to rtfm but 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html

Chris