From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 19 19:54:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C40EB16A41F for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:54:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc5-cmbg1-0-0-cust497.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [86.6.1.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB6913C45E for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:54:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix, from userid 106) id 7E06E655D; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:33:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from jools.slightlystrange.org (jools.slightlystrange.org [10.1.3.50]) by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04BA64DF; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:33:07 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <46782F73.2090206@slightlystrange.org> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:33:07 +0100 From: Daniel Bye User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070618) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20070619065038.GA34628@thought.org> <20070619231743.6742ee69@localhost> <20070619164423.GA38937@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20070619164423.GA38937@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: x11/xorg update. 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: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:54:39 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:17:43PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:38 -0700 >> Gary Kline wrote: >> >>> The xorg.conf I created on 09jun07 was around 1K bytes. The >>> new one is around 4 times that size. My logs clued me in -- >>> partly. In /var/log/gdm/:0.log was the problem. An (EE) >>> that said I was missing some required module. >> this probably was due to your old xorg.conf having the wrong paths in it. The >> errors should be pretty obvious, otherwise using xorgcfg should make a good one >> and you can, at least, use it to compare the differences. > > > Ah, this is the new scriptthat creates xorg.conf, correct? > A bit easier than typing X -configure and messing with the > /root files. What I don't understand is all the output about > missing modules to stderr. ...but .... ... . Which modules does it say are missing? I went through a very similar situation earlier today, where the X log file reported that mouse and kbd modules were not found. A bit of dragging through the ports tree, and I found that they are installed as ports in their own right these days. I'm not certain why they didn't get installed as part of the huge Xorg upgrade as detailed in UPDATING, but installing them by hand made the errors go away. So, the moral of the story is, I suppose, if you're happy that all your paths are correct in your xorg.conf, and that you have followed Kris' upgrade instructions, try looking for an individual port that installs the missing module. HTH. Dan