Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:04:04 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcN_-p2rjbqcUnBv28BOikpF3KRdDJ0obiTCWt9pssS51g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wSBf5rikMXh18Cviz6f%2BsuwxsqfXp%2B%2Bonm6aEBYJ5VJ1w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <CAGH67wSBf5rikMXh18Cviz6f%2BsuwxsqfXp%2B%2Bonm6aEBYJ5VJ1w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote= : > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, =A0<"Thomas Mueller > <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit >>> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. =A0When I type >>> startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, >>> just colors. =A0The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. =A0I am trying= to >>> get kernel sources installed via sysinstall to install nvidia-driver >>> but I can't get anywhere from any ftp site I select at random. =A0I hav= e >>> updated to latest sources available on the ports and it comes up the >>> same. =A0I have to use the nv driver, should I try the nouveau driver? >>> What should I do? =A0I want to help in testing and have no way to repor= t >>> bugs as without X there's not much one can do :( >> >>> Is it not automatically installed when one goes into >>> /usr/ports/x11/xorg, and runs make install clean? >> >> You would get the xorg server with the xorg metaport/megaport. >> >> One thing I can think of is a little dirty trick I have seen in FreeBSD = but not NetBSD or Linux, X comes up but no response to mouse or keyboard. >> >> I ran startx, got twm with its windows, but no response to mouse or keyb= oard. >> >> Cure was, to include in /etc/rc.conf >> >> >> hald_enable=3D"YES" >> dbus_enable=3D"YES" > > =A0 =A0This seems like more of a question@ issue. > =A0 =A0I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past experience. > What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say, and what does your xorg.conf > contain? > Thanks, > -Garrett > I will check on Monday as soon as I get to my machine to see if I have these in /etc/rc.conf and also output what is in /var/log/Xorg.0.log(if I can get to X to save it). Could it be that xorg-server is not installed? I have been fortunate to install xfce + xorg and things just worked(TM) for me. I will get back as soon as I have some results. Thank you all who have dropped some suggestions. Regards, Antonio
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