From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 20 10:15:36 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7732D106564A for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:15:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36DA08FC14 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:15:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxg33 with SMTP id 33so59266vxg.13 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:15:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UPy3NGs/W02qcEWFyt52GHqHjqTeAe5nr+V2BeMvlFM=; b=CWQqF3Ip0JjLASANTy1AIQbJkOg32yguYo83QBY4cX59swMb0NfdPAZjyfPbTjiptD b9weB3GSMAMmMA4a6GzKvdUQ86QH0ZJrKB7zsZQmLih85NVNUKxbl5DhcT7Vsw0hQD34 j3hymRL+XGPLAW6H+vFWbD58LsMVnEqhxqe3Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.74.130 with SMTP id t2mr8714871vdv.55.1311156934577; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:15:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.113.161 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:15:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E26A383.1010605@FreeBSD.org> References: <1311144218.2262.70.camel@asus> <4E26A383.1010605@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:15:34 +0100 Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: tomdean@speakeasy.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Xorg Fails on HP Envy 3D 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: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:15:36 -0000 On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 20/07/2011 09:43 Thomas D. Dean said the following: >> Xorg -config xorg.conf.new =C2=A0blanks the screen and the does nothing. >> Xorg -config xorg.conf.new screen=3D'Screen0' fails with a blank screen >> Xorg -config xorg.conf.new screen=3D'Screen1' fails with a blank screen >> >> I changed the driver to vesa in both sections. >> Xorg -config xorg.conf.new screen=3D'Screen0' fails with a blank screen >> Xorg -config xorg.conf.new screen=3D'Screen01 fails with a blank screen > > Are you sure that it fails? > Recent Xorg server _starts_ with a blank screen. =C2=A0If you don't have = any X clients > that draw something, then all you would see is a blank screen. > Use -retro to get the old style behaviour, eg: Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro screen=3D'Screen0' Cheers Tom