Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:22:09 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems Message-ID: <4C702761.40407@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com> References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008190629170.68578@wonkity.com> <4C6F457D.E18CCA82@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008202215160.76288@wonkity.com> <4C700925.715E10B8@blakemfg.com>
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On 21/08/2010 18:13:09, Fred Boatwright wrote:
> The screen is completely black. No mouse pointer. When the xorg.conf
> file is tested using Xorg -conf xorg.conf.new -retro I get the gray grid
> and the X mouse pointer. Without the -retro I get a totally black
> screen, no mouse pointer.
Um.... yes. That's what the '-retro' flag does: reintroduce the grid
pattern etc. that lets you confirm X is responsive, rather than the new
and really not at all improved behaviour of just throwing up a black
screen which is remarkably similar to some common failure modes.
Try starting up a window manager or similar. It might be that nothing
at all is actually wrong...
Cheers,
Matthew
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