Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 10:27:46 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Reset xorg using lumina desktop Message-ID: <20200823102746.00ccd768.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <DB8PR06MB64421523A3EFEDCDC198D150F6580@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <CAJ5UdcO7E-t4CG%2BO_Md8muF8eNYpNV7VCQVkhJ9Qs%2BbBT4mNRA@mail.gmail.com> <DB8PR06MB64421523A3EFEDCDC198D150F6580@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 04:14:17 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: > > > On 2020-08-23 02:57, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > Dear kind FreeBSD users, > > > > I am running FreeBSD using lumina. I was using two screens, one with HDMI > > and one with VGA at school. Since learning is now online, I am using only > > HDMI now, but my screen only remembers new setting. I have tried checking > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf but it is not present. I try screen configuration, but > > cannot reset it to only Monitor with HDMI output. > > > > How can I reset it so I can just have fresh desktop with all icons on the > > screen? > > > > If you need output from xrandr, I can send it in on Monday. When teaching > > online and using Google classroom, the microphone was muted, I started > > using telefono to use and connect with it. My sister got for me a > > Bluetooth device, but that will be a challenge to get working. > > > > I appreciate help/advice and suggestions to fix the screen. > > You have not mentioned what graphics chip you are using. > > Perhaps creating a new xorg.conf might take care of your problem. > Can you try booting FreeBSD in text mode and run the following: > > 1) Xorg -configure > 2) mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf > 3) reboot Even though this is technically correct, it usually is no longer needed. X's auto-magic will do everything on its own, without a configuration file. Also, step 2 should be: mv xorg.conf.new /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf This is the "new" location of the xorg.conf file according to the hierarchy layout concept that all 3rd party configuration files should reside in /usr/local/etc, and X is not part of the OS, therefore not deserving a file in /etc - even though this location is still supported. A configuration file, or a partial configuration file, as mentioned elsewhere, still can be fully justified, especially when you need to tell X to do something the auto-magic didn't get right (or which it did "know better than you"), for example if you want to force a specific display or screen size ("resolution"). Such files go to the /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. By the way, certain aspects of the display configuration for "internal / external" can often be configured in the BIOS / UEFI setup (for laptops, that is). Oh, and FreeBSD's "text mode", with vt, isn't any longer a text mode, it's just a non-X graphics mode. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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