Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 18:40:08 +0100 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X won't start Message-ID: <20151203174008.GA98937@becker.bs.l>
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Hi,
on my new notebook I am not able to start X. This is really
annoying.
First I tried to generate an xorg.conf file. This ended in
an error message:
# X -configure
[...]
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed.
(EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
The file "xorg.conf.new" was still written. It contains a
section:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
I compare that with the output of this command:
# pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 vga
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x803a103c chip=0x16068086 rev=0x08 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics'
class = display
subclass = VGA
Looks good, doesn't it? Besides that, Linux on the same
machine uses the "intel" driver successfully.
When I start X using the newly generated configuration file,
I get another error message:
# X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
[...]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 3 17:45:00 2015
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
But when I start X without a config file, I starts up but
is not very usable.
# X
[...]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 3 17:49:55 2015
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
failed to set mtrr: Invalid argument
Neither keyboard nor mouse (touchpad) work. When I ssh into
the machine in a second window, programs like "xterm" start.
The graphics get updated as I can see by starting "xclock".
In the window I started X from I cannot end it using
Ctrl-C. Neither can I kill it from the other ssh with a TERM
signal. Only "kill -s KILL" works. Besides that, I cannot
switch back to the console using Ctrl-Alt-F1, altough
"kern.vty=vt" is set in "/boot/loader.conf".
/var/log/Xorg.0.log has >700 lines with serveral EE. One
line says:
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
What is going on here and what can I do to run X some day?
Thanks in advance.
Bertram
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Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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