From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 17 23:32:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0218D106566B for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:32:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from oceanpt.safeport.com (oceanpt.safeport.com [65.122.17.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD6B8FC12 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:32:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oceanpt.safeport.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nBHNWACS092088; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:32:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:32:10 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: Chris Whitehouse In-Reply-To: <4B2AA81E.6030600@onetel.com> Message-ID: References: <200912131042.50936.lumiwa@gmail.com> <200912131810.38468.frank@fthieme.net> <200912170031.58151.pieter@degoeje.nl> <4B2AA81E.6030600@onetel.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (oceanpt.safeport.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:32:11 -0500 (EST) Cc: Pieter de Goeje , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about xorg 7.4 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: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:32:18 -0000 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > 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 Thanks Chris. I did rtfm. I posted a relatively lengthy vent (civilized rant :) that included comments on the excellence of the handbook in this area. It was probably lost in the questions down-period. Before dropping back to the 7.2-release iso version I tried retro and running without and without hal/dbus. All this the same result. I did indeed get the black screen but with no keyboard. I believe (but am not 100% sure) that the current version of xorg.conf I am running was generate with the -retro option. I am however still running with the ati driver. I kind of 'lost interest' in xorg when I got some thing that worked and moved on to my next problem, kde4. In the meantime xsetroot saves my eyes while I labor on with kde. _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277