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Date:      Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:08:24 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Widescreen Monitor and X Help please
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009220704570.71257@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100922084950.GA3622@current.Sisis.de>
References:  <20100922081117.1785.qmail@ssr.com> <20100922084950.GA3622@current.Sisis.de>

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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Matthias Apitz wrote:

> El d?a Wednesday, September 22, 2010 a las 08:11:17AM -0000, Scott Ballantyne escribi?:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm upgrading from FreeBSD 5.3 to 8.1 --- much wonderful work has been
>> done clearly, I'm very impressed and hat's off to the developers.
>>
>> Unfortunately I've hit a snag with X. I have an LG "Flatron" W2253, a
>> 5750 graphics card and I have not been able to get them to work with X
>> at all.
>>
>> Following the handbook's instructions:
>>
>> Xorg -config xorg.conf.new
>>
>> with and without the -retro option just give me a black screen from
>> which there is no escape. I have to log into the machine from
>> somewhere else on the network to reboot it. Killing the Xorg process
>> doesn't help.
>
> add:
>
> 	Option         "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
>
> to the Section "ServerLayout";

Please, no.

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html



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