Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
On 15/02/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/15/07, Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use that to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to go back to the console also. I tried playing around with the parameters in xorg.conf.new file but without success. If anyone can help me with this it will be great... -- Thanks Regards, Neeraj Sharma That is alright to show you xorg works or not. Yes, a blank screen and a locked keyboard is a perfect description of an X configuration that isn't working. ;-) After doing that press ctrl+alt+backspace Then #cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf then type startx or reboot your notebook. Sorry for correcting, but this is not adviseable at this point. His X isn't working obviously, so installing xorg.conf into the right place would lead to more problems, without solving anything. He can do so when the X configuration is working. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/ Regards Christian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
On 2/15/07, Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use that to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to go back to the console also.You can try editing your xorg.conf.new file and adding a statement which reduces your default depth...sometime this helps:Section ScreenIdentifier Screen0Device Card0MonitorMonitor0DefaultDepth 15 # add this line and try your test again SubSection Display--Joe _ Get the new Windows Live Messenger! http://get.live.com/messenger/overview___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
I tried copying my xorg.conf from Ubuntu (which automatically probes everything and creates a xorg.conf) and tried to use on FreeBSD. But still it hangs... I wonder if its because some drivers are missing in FreeBSD for my monitor. My laptop has ATI Radeon 9000IGP in case that rings a bell to someone in the same situation as me b4. Here is xorg.conf from my Ubuntu Install # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type man /etc/X11/xorg.conf at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands: # # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom # sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf /var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum' # sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi # paths to defoma fonts FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID EndSection Section Module Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadrecord Loadtype1 Loadvbe EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierGeneric Keyboard Driverkeyboard OptionCoreKeyboard OptionXkbRulesxorg OptionXkbModelpc104 OptionXkbLayoutus EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierConfigured Mouse Drivermouse OptionCorePointer OptionDevice/dev/input/mice OptionProtocolImPS/2 OptionEmulate3Buttonstrue OptionZAxisMapping4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Synaptics Touchpad Driver synaptics Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol auto-dev OptionHorizScrollDelta0 EndSection Section Device IdentifierATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) Driverati BusIDPCI:1:5:0 EndSection Section Monitor IdentifierGeneric Monitor OptionDPMS Modeline[EMAIL PROTECTED] 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841 EndSection Section Screen IdentifierDefault Screen DeviceATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth1 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth4 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth8 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth15 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth16 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth24 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout IdentifierDefault Layout ScreenDefault Screen InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard InputDeviceConfigured Mouse InputDeviceSynaptics Touchpad EndSection Section DRI Mode0666 EndSection Thanks for the help! Neeraj On 2/15/07, Christian Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/02/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/15/07, Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use that to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to go back to the console also. I tried playing around with the parameters in xorg.conf.new file but without success. If anyone can help me with this it will be great... -- Thanks Regards, Neeraj Sharma That is alright to show you xorg works or not. Yes, a blank screen and a locked keyboard is a perfect description of an X configuration that isn't working. ;-) After
Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
Resending with apropriate subject.. Here is the output of pciconf -lv (Video Driver) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:5:0: class=0x03 card=0x006b103c chip=0x58351002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' device = 'Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP (RS300M AGP)' class = display subclass = VGA I tried bunch of things in my xorg.conf (like copying xorg.conf from ubuntu install which i posted earlier) and also I tried following monitor section config Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Monitor Vendor ModelNameMonitor Model HorizSync31.5-48.5 VertRefresh 40-70 EndSection Thanks!!! Neeraj Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:48:26 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Neeraj Sharma wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use that to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to go back to the console also. I tried playing around with the parameters in xorg.conf.new file but without success. If anyone can help me with this it will be great... Two things that would really help: -The video card and monitor sections of your xorg.conf file. -More info about your video card (maker, model, etc). This can be found using pciconf -lv. A snippet would do nicely (not a whole list of all the devices in your PC that are PCI related. Thanks :). -Garrett -- Thanks Regards, Neeraj Sharma ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
In response to Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I tried copying my xorg.conf from Ubuntu (which automatically probes everything and creates a xorg.conf) and tried to use on FreeBSD. But still it hangs... I wonder if its because some drivers are missing in FreeBSD for my monitor. My laptop has ATI Radeon 9000IGP in case that rings a bell to someone in the same situation as me b4. Are you sure it's hanging? Have you tried CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to get out? Do you have a mouse cursor? Before you fsck around randomly, check X's log files in /var/log/. I've found them to be incredibly verbose, but frequently helpful. Here is xorg.conf from my Ubuntu Install # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type man /etc/X11/xorg.conf at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands: # # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom # sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf /var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum' # sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi # paths to defoma fonts FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID EndSection Section Module Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadrecord Loadtype1 Loadvbe EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierGeneric Keyboard Driverkeyboard OptionCoreKeyboard OptionXkbRulesxorg OptionXkbModelpc104 OptionXkbLayoutus EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierConfigured Mouse Drivermouse OptionCorePointer OptionDevice/dev/input/mice OptionProtocolImPS/2 OptionEmulate3Buttonstrue OptionZAxisMapping4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Synaptics Touchpad Driver synaptics Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol auto-dev OptionHorizScrollDelta0 EndSection Section Device IdentifierATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) Driverati BusIDPCI:1:5:0 EndSection Section Monitor IdentifierGeneric Monitor OptionDPMS Modeline[EMAIL PROTECTED] 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841 EndSection Section Screen IdentifierDefault Screen DeviceATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth1 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth4 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth8 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth15 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth16 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth24 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout IdentifierDefault Layout ScreenDefault Screen InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard InputDeviceConfigured Mouse InputDeviceSynaptics Touchpad EndSection Section DRI Mode0666 EndSection Thanks for the help! Neeraj On 2/15/07, Christian Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/02/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/15/07, Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran
Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I tried copying my xorg.conf from Ubuntu (which automatically probes everything and creates a xorg.conf) and tried to use on FreeBSD. But still it hangs... I wonder if its because some drivers are missing in FreeBSD for my monitor. My laptop has ATI Radeon 9000IGP in case that rings a bell to someone in the same situation as me b4. Are you sure it's hanging? Have you tried CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to get out? Do you have a mouse cursor? Before you fsck around randomly, check X's log files in /var/log/. I've found them to be incredibly verbose, but frequently helpful. Here is xorg.conf from my Ubuntu Install # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type man /etc/X11/xorg.conf at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands: # # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom # sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf /var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum' # sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi # paths to defoma fonts FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID EndSection Section Module Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadrecord Loadtype1 Loadvbe EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierGeneric Keyboard Driverkeyboard OptionCoreKeyboard OptionXkbRulesxorg OptionXkbModelpc104 OptionXkbLayoutus EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierConfigured Mouse Drivermouse OptionCorePointer OptionDevice/dev/input/mice OptionProtocolImPS/2 OptionEmulate3Buttonstrue OptionZAxisMapping4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Synaptics Touchpad Driver synaptics Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol auto-dev OptionHorizScrollDelta0 EndSection Section Device IdentifierATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) Driverati BusIDPCI:1:5:0 EndSection Section Monitor IdentifierGeneric Monitor OptionDPMS Modeline[EMAIL PROTECTED] 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841 EndSection Section Screen IdentifierDefault Screen DeviceATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth1 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth4 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth8 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth15 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth16 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth24 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout IdentifierDefault Layout ScreenDefault Screen InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard InputDeviceConfigured Mouse InputDeviceSynaptics Touchpad EndSection Section DRI Mode0666 EndSection Thanks for the help! Neeraj On 2/15/07, Christian Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/02/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/15/07, Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use that to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to
Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
The problem got fixed by reducing the depth to 15 in screen section. A big thanks to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and offcourse to others who offered to help. Thanks Neeraj Sharma On 2/15/07, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I tried copying my xorg.conf from Ubuntu (which automatically probes everything and creates a xorg.conf) and tried to use on FreeBSD. But still it hangs... I wonder if its because some drivers are missing in FreeBSD for my monitor. My laptop has ATI Radeon 9000IGP in case that rings a bell to someone in the same situation as me b4. Are you sure it's hanging? Have you tried CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to get out? Do you have a mouse cursor? Before you fsck around randomly, check X's log files in /var/log/. I've found them to be incredibly verbose, but frequently helpful. Here is xorg.conf from my Ubuntu Install # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type man /etc/X11/xorg.conf at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands: # # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom # sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf /var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum' # sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi # paths to defoma fonts FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID EndSection Section Module Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadrecord Loadtype1 Loadvbe EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierGeneric Keyboard Driverkeyboard OptionCoreKeyboard OptionXkbRulesxorg OptionXkbModelpc104 OptionXkbLayoutus EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierConfigured Mouse Drivermouse OptionCorePointer OptionDevice/dev/input/mice OptionProtocolImPS/2 OptionEmulate3Buttonstrue OptionZAxisMapping4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Synaptics Touchpad Driver synaptics Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Device/dev/psaux Option Protocol auto-dev OptionHorizScrollDelta0 EndSection Section Device IdentifierATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) Driverati BusIDPCI:1:5:0 EndSection Section Monitor IdentifierGeneric Monitor OptionDPMS Modeline[EMAIL PROTECTED] 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841 EndSection Section Screen IdentifierDefault Screen DeviceATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9100 U3 (R200 IGP) MonitorGeneric Monitor DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth1 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth4 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth8 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth15 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth16 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth24 Modes1280x800 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout IdentifierDefault Layout ScreenDefault Screen InputDeviceGeneric Keyboard InputDeviceConfigured Mouse InputDeviceSynaptics Touchpad EndSection Section DRI Mode0666 EndSection Thanks for the help! Neeraj On 2/15/07, Christian Walther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/02/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On
Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
Neeraj Sharma wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use that to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to go back to the console also. I tried playing around with the parameters in xorg.conf.new file but without success. If anyone can help me with this it will be great... Two things that would really help: -The video card and monitor sections of your xorg.conf file. -More info about your video card (maker, model, etc). This can be found using pciconf -lv. A snippet would do nicely (not a whole list of all the devices in your PC that are PCI related. Thanks :). -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xorg on FreeBSD does not work
On 2/15/07, Neeraj Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a newbie to FreeBSD world. I am trying to install FreeBSD6.2 on my HP zv5240us laptop. Everything else went off fine except the X config. I ran the command X -configure which created a xorg.conf.new file. When I use that to run X it just shows a blank screen and I am not able to go back to the console also. I tried playing around with the parameters in xorg.conf.new file but without success. If anyone can help me with this it will be great... -- Thanks Regards, Neeraj Sharma That is alright to show you xorg works or not. After doing that press ctrl+alt+backspace Then #cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf then type startx or reboot your notebook. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
