Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:58:47 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems Message-ID: <AANLkTinu8LmA=vE6yjk3mdbvd3%2BYXLT08TchaK0=zhyR@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C709CC3.3F571FE3@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008190629170.68578@wonkity.com> <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008202215160.76288@wonkity.com> <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211442390.79363@wonkity.com> <4C704C7B.134759E5@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211709120.79828@wonkity.com> <4C707AA6.8F60FE62@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008212002290.80364@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008212012570.80364@wonkity.com> <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com> <AANLkTinAbkg82L2Z=sAn_8yMYqAmpO5OP2RX6i3VYrRu@mail.gmail.com> <4C709CC3.3F571FE3@blakemfg.com>
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On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> wrote= : > Eitan Adler wrote: >> >> >> Something odd is going on with some of the fonts. >> > >> > I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a >> > huge amount of software that will never get used. =C4=80 I don't want = all the >> > stuff for gnome and kde as I will never use them. >> > >> > It appeared to me that the fonts could be straightened out when >> > everything else is working. =C4=80 I think the Handbook has a section = on >> > adding fonts. >> > >> >> Hi, >> I'm the maintainer of x11/xorg-minimal. I have not been following this t= hread. >> >> Did you have problems with fonts when installing x11/xorg-minimal ? >> >> -- >> Eitan Adler > > Hi Eitan, > The Xorg.0.log file shows it can't find some expected fonts. =C2=A0The fi= le > is at > http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log These are harmless. X.org will work without them which is why I didn't depend on them on x11/xorg-minimal > The actual problem I am having is that startx produces only a completely > black screen. =C2=A0Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro =C2=A0produces the = expected > grid and mouse pointer. =C2=A0A .xinitrc file is supposed to start a wind= ow > manager. Modern X.org installs don't show a default window manager (so a black screen is "expected). What is the contents of your .xinitrc file? > > Best regards, > Fred > --=20 Eitan Adler
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