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Date:      Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:15:34 +0100
From:      Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
To:        tomdean@speakeasy.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg Fails on HP Envy 3D Laptop
Message-ID:  <CAFHbX1KNEUpSerTcwDnto1cd2u3P1Wgw35%2BBNYA%2BeF0iEkjxKg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E26A383.1010605@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <1311144218.2262.70.camel@asus> <4E26A383.1010605@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> 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



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