Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 16:52:40 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: gyliamos@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to downgrade X server Message-ID: <56F77C30.5090808@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <slrnnfdcvt.1m3.varro@anukis.local> References: <slrnnfaung.1ae.varro@anukis.local> <56F60B8D.8080900@ShaneWare.Biz> <slrnnfdcvt.1m3.varro@anukis.local>
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On 27/03/2016 02:38, Will Parsons wrote: > Shane Ambler wrote: >> On 26/03/2016 04:22, Will Parsons wrote: >>> I purposely held off on upgrading the to new X server for over a year >>> now for fear of breakage, but yesterday I upgaded to the latest Xorg >>> server along with the associated video and input drivers and am left >>> with a black screen upon starting the X server. >> >> Why did you expect it to break? do you need an older nvidia driver that >> is not supported in xorg 1.14+ > > A general fear that a major change would be dangerous, which was > apparently well-justified, since when i actually did attempt to > 'upgrade' I am left will an unusable system. > Have you tried starting X without your old config? looked at the xorg log to see what is wrong? I;m pretty sure I had to make changes to my xorg.conf when updating. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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