Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:19:16 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: mv <mrkvrg@acm.org> Cc: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade Message-ID: <49EE3854.80304@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <200904211449.13161.mrkvrg@acm.org> References: <89ce7f740904182018s5ee0934ew54021bd2e44d207e@mail.gmail.com> <49EACF5B.9090107@otenet.gr> <200904211449.13161.mrkvrg@acm.org>
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mv wrote: > On Sun, 19 April 2009 03:14:35 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> >> The default screen when not running a WM/DE is no longer the familiar >> screen pattern / X mouse pointer, but a black screen. Go figure... >> You maybe having a working X and not know it. >> >> > > I had the same issues starting and stopping X. I was looking at a pitch > black screen and did not know if the server was running properly or > not. After some digging around I found a new parameter which will > produce the traditional stipple with cursor in the center of the > screen: > > X -retro > > The above command plus the settings in xorg.conf about killing the > server with Ctrl+Atl+BS (specified elsewhere in this thread) will > produce a traditional startup and shutdown for X. > > Thank for all the useful tips > > Marek > > You can also use twm for testing. Have a look at http://www.freebsdgr.org/handbook-mine/x-config.html (soon to be integrated in the Handbook)
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