Re: X client without X server

2013-07-04 Thread Christopher J. Umina
You can remove leaf ports using pkg_cutleaves once everything is installed. You can even remove pkg_cutleaves with pkg_cutleaves if you don't want it anymore. On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: Hi, Just my 2¢ worth on this. Sure, one always wants

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-04 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, Is there a way to install an X client without automatically install an X server? I don't use emacs, but you can quickly check, prior to installing, what other ports will be required, e.g. do make -C /usr/ports/ search name=emacs-24 After doing my

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:55:48 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X client without X server Hi, Is there a way to install an X client without automatically install an X

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Olivier Nicole
Anton, On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bris.ac.uk wrote: Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:55:48 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X client without X server Hi,

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:47:16 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: $ pkg info -xd xterm xterm-293: xproto-7.0.24 xextproto-7.2.1 renderproto-0.11.1 printproto-1.0.5 libxcb-1.9.1 libXrender-0.9.8 libXpm-3.5.10 libXp-1.0.2,1

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Olivier Nicole
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:47:16 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: $ pkg info -xd xterm xterm-293: xproto-7.0.24 xextproto-7.2.1 renderproto-0.11.1 printproto-1.0.5 libxcb-1.9.1

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 18:07:11 +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:47:16 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: [...] Obviously xterm does not depend on xorg-server. But one of its dependencies might. That

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
From olivier2...@gmail.com Wed Jul 3 13:09:25 2013 Anton, On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bris.ac.uk wrote: Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:55:48 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Bill Tillman
From: Anton Shterenlikht me...@bris.ac.uk To: me...@bristol.ac.uk; olivier2...@gmail.com Cc: o...@cs.ait.ac.th; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 9:17 AM Subject: Re: X client without X server     From olivier2...@gmail.com Wed

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Teske, Devin
On Jul 2, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Is there a way to install an X client without automatically install an X server? On all my systems, I throw xterm and emacs, as the primary tools I use for management, but the display is always remote, I never, ever, run X on the

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Eugene
Eugene -Original Message- From: Bill Tillman Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:26 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X client without X server Just my 2¢ worth on this. Sure, one always wants to keep overhead low. But the days of limited RAM, small hard drives, etc

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 08:26:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman btillma...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: X client without X server xterm may not require it [xorg-server], but one of xterm's dependencies may. This is simply not true. xterm does not require xorg

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Arthur Chance
On 07/03/13 16:26, Bill Tillman wrote: [Vast snip.] Just my 2¢ worth on this. Sure, one always wants to keep overhead low. But the days of limited RAM, small hard drives, etc...are long since behind us. I remember in 1994 when and IT consultant came in and built a Novell server for us with

Re: X client without X server

2013-07-03 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, Just my 2¢ worth on this. Sure, one always wants to keep overhead low. But the days of limited RAM, small hard drives, etc...are long since behind us. My concern is when portupgrade -a. The more ports on the system, the more likely the upgrade will fail. So I'd prefer to have as little

Re: X breaks sound

2013-05-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 21:20 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: Briefly, the sound works fine until X starts. As soon as X starts, sound doesn't work until a reboot. Assumed pulseaudio should be installed, this likely is the culprit, if so, remove it.

Re: X breaks sound

2013-05-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 21:20 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: Briefly, the sound works fine until X starts. As soon as X starts, sound doesn't work until a reboot. Assumed pulseaudio should be installed, this likely is the culprit, if so, remove it. Hth, Ralf

Re: X server already running on display :0

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
At the prompt I give the command startx I get a message that /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 does not exist. Copy the file from another system and I get copying files instead of installing packages isn't bright idea, unless you copy complete /usr/local tree.

Re: X server already running on display :0

2012-07-21 Thread Leslie Jensen
2012-07-21 18:42, Wojciech Puchar skrev: At the prompt I give the command startx I get a message that /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 does not exist. Copy the file from another system and I get copying files instead of installing packages isn't bright idea, unless you copy complete /usr/local

Re: X server already running on display :0

2012-07-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Copy the file from another system and I get X server already running on display :0 /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: Can't open /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: File or catalog does not exist this is an answer i think ___

Re: X server already running on display :0

2012-07-21 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:24:26 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: I have a problem that I do not understand. At the prompt I give the command startx I get a message that /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 does not exist. This means your ~/.xinitrc contains a call to launch Xfce 4, typically the last

SV: Re: X server already running on display :0

2012-07-21 Thread Leslie Jensen
True! I copied this file as well and now xfce starts as usual.  /Leslie Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl skrev: Copy the file from another system and I get X server already running on display :0 /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: Can't open /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc:

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:15:27 +0100 Bernt Hansson b...@bananmonarki.se wrote: 2012-01-28 08:06, Adam Vande More skrev: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Bernt Hanssonb...@bananmonarki.se wrote: Hello list! Trying to update multimedia/audacious-plugins to some other version 3x.

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-01-28 10:31, Conrad J. Sabatier skrev: On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:15:27 +0100 Bernt Hanssonb...@bananmonarki.se wrote: 2012-01-28 08:06, Adam Vande More skrev: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Bernt Hanssonb...@bananmonarki.se wrote: Hello list! Trying to update

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:36:35 +0100 Bernt Hansson b...@bananmonarki.se wrote: 2012-01-28 10:31, Conrad J. Sabatier skrev: On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:15:27 +0100 Bernt Hanssonb...@bananmonarki.se wrote: 2012-01-28 08:06, Adam Vande More skrev: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Bernt

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-01-28 16:13, Conrad J. Sabatier skrev: Thank's for the reply. I got frustrated and did a pkg_delete \* That's just a wee tad on the drastic side, isn't it? Well, frustration craves drastic measures. You must have been quite beside yourself at the time. :-) It was friday! Looks

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-27 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Bernt Hansson b...@bananmonarki.se wrote: Hello list! Trying to update multimedia/audacious-plugins to some other version 3x. The problem seems to be ! multimedia/audacious-plugins (audacious-plugins-2.5.4_2) (X libraries missing) The error is:

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread perryh
Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: My assumption still is: Not _every_ keyboard manufacturer does code the layout into the USB identification. If you tell me I'm wrong with this assumption, I'll be happy. :-) Folks are supposed to use a different product ID for different devices, so you

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com, 2011-11-09 22:10 (+0100): How would HAL know that the keyboard had a Swedish layout? No such information is sent through USB or PS/2 when you attach a keyboard. True for PS/2, but not true for USB-- the USB Vendor Product ID can identify different keyboard

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Samuel Magnusson samuel.magnuss...@bredband.net, 2011-11-09 21:52 (+0100): Because with HAL and DBUS enabled this InputDevice section is bypassed unless I also specify Option AutoAddDevices false. Which I understand gives the same result as not enabling HAL and DBUS in the first place. If

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Samuel Magnusson samuel.magnuss...@bredband.net, 2011-11-10 00:49 (+0100): Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote 2011-11-09 21:02: What new style XML method? I'm referring to what Polytropon said about all the new stuff required by X. As I understood him he was talking about the XML-files to

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Polytropon free...@edvax.de, 2011-11-10 01:30 (+0100): Now as it (almost?) works on FreeBSD, it's already deprecated by new Linux concepts such as udev, upower and other usomethings. Maybe they become available as interfaces on FreeBSD too, but my fear is... as soon as they are usable,

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-11-09 21:52, Samuel Magnusson skrev: When I first installed Xorg I began by following the handbook, which means that I unwittingly did this to my poor rc.conf: hald_enable=YES dbus_enable=YES That meant that I would HAVE to go into the XML-stuff (to get swedish keys) If all you want is

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Nov 10, 2011, at 2:25 AM, Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote: True for PS/2, but not true for USB-- the USB Vendor Product ID can identify different keyboard types and let you infer the country. I'm sorry I was unclear. I meant the USB device doesn't say what physical keyboard layout it

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com, 2011-11-10 20:12 (+0100): Different keycaps means a different product SKU, at least. If they use the same USB product ID Yes. I think this is a quite common scenario. FreeBSD's users generally are more technically inclined and might be willing to deal with

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread David Brodbeck
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: FreeBSD's users generally are more technically inclined and might be willing to deal with this, but even so, I suspect that most folks would appreciate the system trying to figure out that an AZERTY keyboard layout means

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-10 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:57 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: FreeBSD's users generally are more technically inclined and might be willing to deal with this, but even so, I suspect that most folks would appreciate the system trying

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel Magnusson
Thanks guys, that was really helpful! I now also installed the nVidia driver and it works well. The reason I didn't use it in the first place was that I had read that the old Geforce 2-card wasn't supported by the nVidia rivers anymore. And that nouveau (as replacement for nv) should be used

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel Magnusson
Samuel Magnusson wrote 2011-11-09 12:06: Now I'm curious: Is it then so that in the new style Xorg the XML-method will override HAL, and this is the new default way of providing opitons that formerly were in the InputDevice sections in xorg.conf? And should HAL have discovered my swedish

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:06:37 +0100, Samuel Magnusson wrote: Is it then so that in the new style Xorg the XML-method will override HAL, and this is the new default way of providing opitons that formerly were in the InputDevice sections in xorg.conf? I hope not! :-) As far as I understood the

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:19:44 +0100, Samuel Magnusson wrote: This works for me: X :0 -terminate Ctrl-Alt-F1 xterm -display :0 Ctrl-Alt-F9 exit xterm.. which brings me back to the first console. But this doesn't work: X :0 -terminate vt4 Ctrl-Alt-F1 (doesn't respond) Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Samuel Magnusson samuel.magnuss...@bredband.net, 2011-11-09 12:06 (+0100): Which made me remember that I had the exact same problem with my swedish keyboardmappings the very first time I started X. I just couldn't get it to work and nearly gave up before I tried the setxkbmap method and put

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel Magnusson
Polytropon wrote 2011-11-09 19:15: On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:06:37 +0100, Samuel Magnusson wrote: Is it then so that in the new style Xorg the XML-method will override HAL, and this is the new default way of providing opitons that formerly were in the InputDevice sections in xorg.conf? I hope

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Nov 9, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote: And should HAL have discovered my swedish keyboard automatically in the first place, so there was something going wrong there? How would HAL know that the keyboard had a Swedish layout? No such information is sent through

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel Magnusson
Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote 2011-11-09 21:02: Samuel Magnussonsamuel.magnuss...@bredband.net, 2011-11-09 12:06 (+0100): Now I'm curious: Is it then so that in the new style Xorg the XML-method will override HAL, and this is the new default way of providing opitons that formerly were in

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:49:19 +0100, Samuel Magnusson wrote: Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote 2011-11-09 21:02: Samuel Magnussonsamuel.magnuss...@bredband.net, 2011-11-09 12:06 (+0100): Now I'm curious: Is it then so that in the new style Xorg the XML-method will override HAL, and this

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:10:20 -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote: Hi-- On Nov 9, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote: And should HAL have discovered my swedish keyboard automatically in the first place, so there was something going wrong there? How would HAL know that the

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel Magnusson
Polytropon wrote 2011-11-09 19:19: On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:19:44 +0100, Samuel Magnusson wrote: This works for me: X :0 -terminate Ctrl-Alt-F1 xterm -display :0 Ctrl-Alt-F9 exit xterm.. which brings me back to the first console. But this doesn't work: X :0 -terminate vt4 Ctrl-Alt-F1 (doesn't

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel Magnusson
Polytropon skrev 2011-11-10 01:30: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:49:19 +0100, Samuel Magnusson wrote: And migrating from Windows and Mac might be discouraging if there isn't a working desktop with visible text at least within an hour or two after installation. :) No problem in that, see FreeSBIE -

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-09 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Nov 9, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: In this regards, it's also strange how FreeBSD could forget USB information it once had. On my old 5.x system, I got dmesg lines like that: ukbd0: Sun Microsystems Type 6 USB keyboard, rev 1.00/1.02, addr 3, iclass 3/1

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-08 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Samuel Magnusson wrote: 1. I can?t zap the server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Nothing at all happens. I have checked that it isn't disabled in xorg.conf, and even tried to put in the reverse boolean value there. Not that I couldn't live without zapping, but...when I know

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-08 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:14:48 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Samuel Magnusson wrote: 1. I can?t zap the server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Nothing at all happens. I have checked that it isn't disabled in xorg.conf, and even tried to put in the reverse boolean value

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-08 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Polytropon wrote: And according to the handbook, this does _not_ remove the need for a X configuration file (usually /etc/X11/xorg.conf) including ``Option DontZap off'' in the ServerFlags section. For at least the most recent Xorg, it's not needed. Can't recall whether

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-08 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Polytropon wrote: And according to the handbook, this does _not_ remove the need for a X configuration file (usually /etc/X11/xorg.conf) including ``Option DontZap off'' in the ServerFlags section. For at least the most recent

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-08 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:33:55 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Polytropon wrote: And according to the handbook, this does _not_ remove the need for a X configuration file (usually /etc/X11/xorg.conf) including ``Option DontZap

Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.

2011-11-08 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:33:55 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Polytropon wrote: And according to the handbook, this does _not_ remove the need for a X configuration file (usually

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread n dhert
It is not so clear .. My problem is: My FreeBSD is a VMware Virtual machine, for 2 years. When connecting to that machine via vSphere client, I get a KDM login window and via Ctrl-Alt-F1 can switch to a console prompt Well, that *was* possible .. Since the last reboot, Ctrl-Alt-F1 (F2, .. F8)

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Thursday, October 06, 2011 a las 11:04:33AM +0200, n dhert escribió: It is not so clear .. My problem is: My FreeBSD is a VMware Virtual machine, for 2 years. When connecting to that machine via vSphere client, I get a KDM login window and via Ctrl-Alt-F1 can switch to a console

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread n dhert
I tried that already yesterday, with disastreous results: keyboard and mouse completely locked. Closed vsphere and started again, connect to freebsd machine: black window, no reaction to any keyboard of mouse .. 2011/10/6 Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de El día Thursday, October 06, 2011 a las

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Thursday, October 06, 2011 a las 11:51:22AM +0200, n dhert escribió: I tried that already yesterday, with disastreous results: keyboard and mouse completely locked. Closed vsphere and started again, connect to freebsd machine: black window, no reaction to any keyboard of mouse ..

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread n dhert
Are you sure it is a vSphere problem? I'm not sure: I have used it for 2 years without problem, only with the last reboot (for security update -p3 of FreeBSD 8.2) I got into problems. I update packages every week, maybe something changed in the X packages (I do read /ussr/ports/UPDATING always

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Thursday, October 06, 2011 a las 01:15:04PM +0200, n dhert escribió: Are you sure it is a vSphere problem? I'm not sure: I have used it for 2 years without problem, only with the last reboot (for security update -p3 of FreeBSD 8.2) I got into problems. I update packages every week,

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread n dhert
(sorry for top posting, but your private address always comes in To: have to remember deleting it..) I can only test on my Xterminal since vsphere connection is a black screen .. on Xterminal, xev : when hitting F1 in the small Event test window, I get answer: KeyPress event, serial 29,

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread n dhert
Hi, In your labserver, do you have a graphical login window at your labserver or not ? I don't want a graphical login, since I can't get anymore to the login prompt via Ctrl Alt F1 In KDM, the config directory is /usr/local/share/config/kdm for kdm window manager, there is no Xservers file, and

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 6/10/2011 6:24 μμ, n dhert wrote: Hi, In your labserver, do you have a graphical login window at your labserver or not ? I don't want a graphical login, since I can't get anymore to the login prompt via Ctrl Alt F1 No graphical login. My lab server stops at the console login prompt. In

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
n dhert ndhert...@gmail.com writes: FreeBSD-8.2 with Xorg: Is there a way one can specify that your never have X on the console (just the login: prompt) but still have X on any other X-windows termnal (an KDM login window) and graphical environment Sure. It's all in how you configure KDM.

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-05 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Wednesday, October 05, 2011 a las 12:10:47PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert escribió: n dhert ndhert...@gmail.com writes: FreeBSD-8.2 with Xorg: Is there a way one can specify that your never have X on the console (just the login: prompt) but still have X on any other X-windows termnal

Re: X on Xterminals but not on console

2011-10-05 Thread David Brodbeck
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: El día Wednesday, October 05, 2011 a las 12:10:47PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert escribió: n dhert ndhert...@gmail.com writes: FreeBSD-8.2 with Xorg: Is there a way one can specify that your never have X on the console

Re: X resolution

2010-11-17 Thread Andrea Venturoli
On 11/17/10 01:15, Warren Block wrote: It sounds like the EDID information isn't always working. Check your video cable to see if a pin is bent over, or try a different one. I guess it's working too much! :-D How does X know 2048x1536 is a valid resolution otherwise? Why would it override my

Re: X resolution

2010-11-16 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, Andrea Venturoli wrote: Hello. I've configured my X to use a 1600x1200 resolution (or so I thought...). It used to work until the last X.Org upgrade; after that it *usually* worked: very rarely it would start at 2048x1536, but a couple of Ctrl-Alt-Backspace was normally

Re: X not responding

2010-06-23 Thread Richard T C Farnes
On Tuesday 22 June 2010 19:52:54 Andy Balholm wrote: I am having a problem with Xorg under FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE and 8.1 RC1: When I type startx, the X server starts, and some xterm windows open, but it will not respond to keyboard or mouse input. The mouse pointer won't move, and the only

Re: X not responding

2010-06-22 Thread Glen Barber
On 6/22/10 1:52 PM, Andy Balholm wrote: I am having a problem with Xorg under FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE and 8.1 RC1: When I type startx, the X server starts, and some xterm windows open, but it will not respond to keyboard or mouse input. The mouse pointer won't move, and the only keyboard input

Re: X not responding

2010-06-22 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Andy Balholm wrote: I am having a problem with Xorg under FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE and 8.1 RC1: When I type startx, the X server starts, and some xterm windows open, but it will not respond to keyboard or mouse input. The mouse pointer won't move, and the only keyboard input

Re: X not responding

2010-06-22 Thread Andy Balholm
Thanks. That fixed it. I guess I should have read the handbook more. Andy Balholm (509) 276-2065 a...@balholm.com On Jun 22, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Andy Balholm wrote: I am having a problem with Xorg under FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE and 8.1 RC1: When I type

Re: X is broken after upgrade

2010-05-12 Thread Colin Albert
Jamie Griffin wrote: If you have moused enabled, you can select text with the left mouse button, and insert text with the middle mouse button. If you don't have a middle mouse button, press the wheel down. If you don't have a wheel, press the left and the right mouse button at the same time.

Re: X is broken after upgrade

2010-05-03 Thread Jamie Griffin
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: Undefinded symbol xf86LoaderReqSymLists Among other things, it means you transcribed the message by hand instead of copy-pasting it :) I did, you're right. With no X i'm working from the console so had no other

Re: X is broken after upgrade

2010-05-03 Thread Joey Mingrone
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 07:57, Jamie Griffin j...@fantomatic.co.uk wrote: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: Undefinded symbol xf86LoaderReqSymLists I have the same problem. I've submitted a PR. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=146256cat= Joey

Re: X is broken after upgrade

2010-05-03 Thread Polytropon
A little sidenote, maybe useful for further debugging: On Mon, 3 May 2010 11:57:08 +0100, Jamie Griffin j...@fantomatic.co.uk wrote: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: Undefinded symbol xf86LoaderReqSymLists Among other things, it means you

Re: X is broken after upgrade

2010-05-03 Thread Jamie Griffin
If you have moused enabled, you can select text with the left mouse button, and insert text with the middle mouse button. If you don't have a middle mouse button, press the wheel down. If you don't have a wheel, press the left and the right mouse button at the same time. Thanks for the

Re: X is broken after upgrade

2010-05-02 Thread Jamie Griffin
When it crashes, i've noticed another error that shows on the console: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: Undefinded symbol xf86LoaderReqSymLists ... not sure what that means exactly, any ideas? -- --- Public Key: 1F50DE41 2010-03-24

Re: X is broken after upgrade

2010-05-02 Thread perryh
Jamie Griffin j...@fantomatic.co.uk wrote: When it crashes, i've noticed another error that shows on the console: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: Undefinded symbol xf86LoaderReqSymLists ^^ ... not sure what that means exactly, any ideas?

Re: X -configure fails: Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed.

2009-12-20 Thread Marius Strobl
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:10:10PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 04:00:05PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:48:03PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I've built X without hal, but get this error on X -configure: Actually when

Re: X -configure fails: Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed.

2009-12-20 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:20:12PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:10:10PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 04:00:05PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:48:03PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I've built X without

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-12 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:01 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Normally, the user shouldn't have to create XML files. If they intended to use another than default english keyboard layout... well, creating the correspoinding XML file as shown in the handbook seemed to be the

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-12 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:01 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Normally, the user shouldn't have to create XML files. If they intended to use another than default english keyboard layout... well, creating the correspoinding XML file

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-12 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:50:33 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: I had thought about putting a footnote about that, but it was already too long. Also, I don't know about non-English keyboards. Maybe there's a mechanism in hal to detect preferred keyboard layout from the

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-12 Thread Ondřej Majerech
2009/12/12 Polytropon free...@edvax.de: On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:50:33 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: I had thought about putting a footnote about that, but it was already too long.  Also, I don't know about non-English keyboards.  Maybe there's a mechanism in hal to

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-11 Thread andrew clarke
On Fri 2009-12-11 07:30:01 UTC-0500, Carmel (carmel...@hotmail.com) wrote: It is really hard to push the merits of an operating system when you have to give detailed instructions to the potential end user on how to get a mouse to work, when all they have to do in a Win32 based system Last

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-11 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote: Honestly, did the 'X' developers go out of their way to break mouse, and to a lesser degree, keyboard support when upgrading? No, they were trying to upgrade a very old, static system (X11) to support their users. One thing that had been lacking was any

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-11 Thread Carmel
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:48:36 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com replied: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote: Honestly, did the 'X' developers go out of their way to break mouse, and to a lesser degree, keyboard support when upgrading? No, they were trying to upgrade a very old, static

Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

2009-12-11 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:48:36 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com replied: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote: No, they were trying to upgrade a very old, static system (X11) to support their users. One thing that had been lacking was any support for

Re: x input method question

2009-11-10 Thread 牛粥
Steve Franks bahamasfra...@gmail.com writes: [...] I'm actually an english speaker, so the nabi www pages are a little hard to look at for help ;) http://nabi.kldp.net/english.html Sincerely, -- All the members of my family have lived well the last ten years, without danger, without harm. I

SOLVED? Re: X - after some time can't lauch new windows, Error: Can't open display

2009-09-25 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 04:49:02PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: After some time I cannot open any new windows in X, I get No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: :0.0 This is on i386 9.0-current with agp0: Intel 82845M (845M GMCH) SVGA controller on vgapci0

Re: X - after some time can't lauch new windows, Error: Can't open display

2009-09-24 Thread perryh
Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: After some time I cannot open any new windows in X, I get No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: :0.0 This is on i386 9.0-current with ... xorg-7.4_2, xorg-server-1.6.1,1, xf86-video-intel-2.7.1 ... After logging into X

Re: X errors when I open gvim

2009-07-25 Thread Mel Flynn
On Saturday 25 July 2009 13:38:24 Andrew Falanga wrote: When I open gVim from the command line, I get the following errors: Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0. How do I fix this? What's there to fix? The warnings are harmless, search the archives for more

Re: X won't start after port upgrade

2009-07-24 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:34:35 +0200 Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: I've followed every advice in /usr/ports/UPDATING The portmaster -r jpeg* returns No match. portmaster -r jpeg-7 rebuilds only jpeg-7 no other ports! After this upgrade my X won't start :-( Any hints? Including

SOLVED (Re: X Terminals problem)

2009-07-05 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
The problem was a vimrc copied from a Windows machine to /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc containing this long statusline: set statusline=%F%m%r%h%w\ [FORMAT=%{ff}]\ [TYPE=%Y]\ [ASCII=\%03.3b]\ [HEX=\%02.2B]\ [POS=%04l,%04v][%p%%]\ [LEN=%L] set laststatus=2 Leonardo M. Ramé

Re: X Terminals problem

2009-07-05 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 04 July 2009 pm 23:17:48 Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: In my newly installed 7.2-STABLE, any X Terminal (xterm, xfce's did you install from CD? I upgraded and I did not have this problem. If nothing helps, install 7.1 from CD and do an upgrade via sources. I faced others I have solved

Re: X fails to start

2009-07-02 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 7/2/09, Da Rock rock_on_the_...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm still having intermittent troubles with getting the freebsd servers seeing my mail servers for my normal maillist subscription, so if I could be cc'd... I'm struggling to get my head around a reasonably severe problem with Xorg - I'm

RE: X fails to start

2009-07-02 Thread Da Rock
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:16:49 +0200 Subject: Re: X fails to start From: one...@gmail.com To: rock_on_the_...@hotmail.com CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 7/2/09, Da Rock rock_on_the_...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm still having intermittent troubles with getting the freebsd servers

Re: X fails to start

2009-07-02 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 7/2/09, Da Rock rock_on_the_...@hotmail.com wrote: Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:16:49 +0200 Subject: Re: X fails to start From: one...@gmail.com To: rock_on_the_...@hotmail.com CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 7/2/09, Da Rock rock_on_the_...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm still having

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