Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:07:58 -0800 From: Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X stopped working after upgrade to Xorg-7.4 Message-ID: <20090301020758.GA4336@shell.eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <1235858084.1289.103.camel@widget.2hip.net> References: <20090228210928.GA422@shell.eskimo.com> <1235858084.1289.103.camel@widget.2hip.net>
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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 03:54:44PM -0600, Robert Noland wrote: > On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 13:09 -0800, Joseph Olatt wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a system with the following graphics card: > > > > Nvidia GeForce 7100 / nForce 620i > > > > It was never supported by Xorg's nv driver. However, without an > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, I could run "startx" and X would start > > up and I was able to run twm. I suspect it was using the vesa > > driver or fbdev. > > > > After upgrading to Xorg-7.4, that stopped working. > > > > Now if I try to run "startx" *without* /etc/X11/xorg.conf, > > I get the following: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_no_xorg_conf.log > > > > The corresponding Xorg.0.log is: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/Xorg.0.log_no_xorg_conf > > > > > > If I try "X -configure", I get: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/X_-configure.log > > > > When I try to run "startx", I get the following: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_xorg_conf.log > > > > The corresponding Xorg.0.log is: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_xorg_conf.log > > > > The xorg.conf file is: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/xorg.conf > > Ok, something has gone horribly wrong in the probe phase. Get rid of > all of the Screen lines from ServerLayout except for the entry for > Screen 0. Get rid of all of the Monitor sections except for Monitor 0. > Get rid of all of the Device sections except for the one that has Card0. > And finally, get rid of all of the Screen sections except for Screen0. > See what that does... > > robert. <snip> Hello Robert, I've removed everything except the lines for Screen 0. Running startx gave the following: http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/startx_1.log Corresponding Xorg.0.log is: http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/Xorg.0.log_1 xorg.conf is: http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/x11/xorg.conf_1 thoughts? Thanks for your willingness to provide suggestions... regards, joseph
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