From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 20 02:49:38 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 2414E16A46C for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:49:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ABabiy@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B3413C468 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:49:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ABabiy@shaw.ca) Received: from pd4mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.212]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JJW00KHNYIQF0E0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:49:38 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd4mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JJW0026TYIPQBY0@pd4mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:49:38 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.2.106] ([70.71.25.56]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JJW00F32YIOCMX1@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:49:36 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:49:35 -0700 From: Andriy Babiy In-reply-to: <20070619201146.48DD816A400@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200706191949.35233.ABabiy@shaw.ca> Organization: home MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline References: <20070619201146.48DD816A400@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Cc: Gary Kline 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: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:49:38 -0000 > >> Gary Kline wrote: > >>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0The xorg.conf I created on 09jun07 was around= 1K =C2=A0bytes. =C2=A0The > >>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0new one is around 4 times that size. =C2=A0My= logs clued me in -- > >>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0partly. =C2=A0In /var/log/gdm/:0.log was the = problem. =C2=A0An (EE) > >>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0that 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. > > > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Ah, this is the new scriptthat crea= tes xorg.conf, correct? > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0A bit easier than typing X -configu= re and messing with the > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0/root files. =C2=A0What I don't und= erstand is all the output about > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0missing modules to stderr. =C2=A0..= =2Ebut .... ... . > > 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. I had the same problem. But it was my mistake. Are you sure you had=20 x11/xorg meta port installed before you started upgrading xorg? I didn't.=20 After I got into trouble, I installed the meta port, so it added all the=20 modules xorg was missing, and it fixed everything. Andriy