From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 9 20:44:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 870361065673 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:44:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (mail-fx0-f224.google.com [209.85.220.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9B98FC1C for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:44:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so380011fxm.43 for ; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZXYjPAVQOOPNAG3GiLvO8tw7ATTY0bd4ALiRmrsK+fM=; b=EJMYeXzcw4OfpWYoX7e8ZivIQipDyeH5l+q/tmp8XgsxxksYGPyXr5CLY48/OwbNI1 Q7aJc5RFY7DLaviJ/N5TfI1y/hjqNfBO3bbreKAhYkOrv1lpTaNoW9NNPqT7G95BVUS0 KL/lgWzgGT2cwIa1TeGldx3pyZNXGVxNLiOFE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=R40JiPIZoKvrTje4kixRZ2U8ghDKfensYbqvKqg/PfnP455lS9EYBUoGKQOy/TXnjl f+7b/CH2+UuK0u07ezSEDvldSWCuh44d1tBOHJgsb4sEBf6DQjW8oDbCbuTJ48LHPWrf clr+fZ7p/1n942PR182LyE8M1PdrB7KSe3ij8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.59.73 with SMTP id k9mr1088689bkh.167.1247172256766; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090709202304.GA29940@greencat.langhans.com.pl> References: <20090709202304.GA29940@greencat.langhans.com.pl> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:44:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310907091344o40ce04f1g4835f3de8ef1cbd0@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: herbs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg - how can I configure this thing?? 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: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:44:18 -0000 On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:23 PM, herbs wrote: > Hi Daemons, > I am stuck with a fresh installation, FreeBSD 7.2 with the usual X Server environment.. > > Usually I invoke xorgconfig to set up the hardware I have, like mouse > driver, monitor frequency, resolution and so on. > > The new X server 1.6.0 seems to have some sort of autoconfig. I compiled > the /usr/ports/X11-wm/fluxbox - it installs the X Server with Fluxbox. > > Then I type startx. > > The twm windowmanager shows up, but accepts no input. Mousepointer > stuck, no key input. > > I cannot even create a /etx/X11/xorg.conf file by invoking ./xorgconfig .. > > What am I doing wrong? Can anybody give me a hint in the right > direction? > Run 'X -configure' then add this to the end: Section "ServerFlags" option "AutoAddDevices" "off" option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" EndSection You can test with 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new' If it works, copy /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf HTH -- Glen Barber