LOL, it's good to know that I'm not the only one who feels that way about xorg *Gnashes teeth* I was going to simply copy the relevant sections from Debian Sid over to kfreebsd. Easier said than done though- my Sid has read-only on UFS partitions, so I might have to re-write xorg.conf by hand. I'll keep you up-to-date.
2008/11/2, John Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Robert Hayes wrote: >> >> it gives messages about "no screens found." I'm thinking that maybe it >> has something to do with >> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". It finishes after the keyboard >> (NOTHING about anything else), and invariably gives me this as the >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf (I tried several times): >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Generic Keyboard" >> Driver "kbd" >> Option "XkbRules" "xorg" >> Option "XkbModel" "abnt" >> Option "XkbLayout" "br" >> Option "XkbVariant" "abnt" >> Option "XkbOptions" "br" >> EndSection >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Configured Mouse" >> Driver "mouse" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Configured Video Device" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Configured Monitor" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Default Screen" >> Monitor "Configured Monitor" >> EndSection >> >> could the inability to start HAL have something to do with it- at the >> end of the boot I get messages >> that I need to check if "inotify" is enabled in the kernel? >> >> 2008/11/2, John Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> >>> Robert Hayes wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Like the title says :( >>>> I installed Debian GNU/kfreebsd amd64, and the only problem was my own >>>> fault (I didn't remember to configure my network connection). But now >>>> I can't start xorg (even dpkg-reconfigure-xorg stops after the >>>> keyboard). During boot I get the message that HAL can't initialize. >>>> Maybe the two are connected? apt-get says everything is installed >>>> correctly (or at least xorg, dbus, and hal). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> what messages do you get when trying to run '$ startx' ? >>> >>> -- >>> >>> John Knight >>> phone: +1 706 255-9203 >>> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> website: geminimicro.com >>> >> >> > > pretty strange. I've used Debian and Salgix for most computing needs and > I've managed to break hal during updates and package testing, but the x > server never had any issues because of it. > > I really hate these later versions of xorg that are "configured" for you. > They seem anything but in my experience. > > for the video card, you're going to have best luck using the vesa driver to > get a frame buffered display up and going (kind of crappy, but it will get a > gui up one way or the other). > > to try and enable the driver, replace the "Device" section of your xorg.conf > file with the following: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Busid "PCI:0:3:0" > Driver "vesa" > Screen 0 > EndSection > > From our previous discussions, I seem to remember you having debian > installed on the same machine. I would cat debian's /etc/X11/xorg.conf out > and perhaps grep "Busid" to see your specific bus settings (mine were > PCI:0:3:0, but you need to be very specific with your hardware) and then > change them in the above "Device" section config data. > > -- > > John Knight > phone: +1 706 255-9203 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: geminimicro.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
