Is anyone out there running FreeBSD on a Dell Latitude E6520?
I am struggling to Xorg to start, doing the Xorg -configure I get
number of created screens does not match number of detected devices I
have tried with an external monitor attached and laptop closed, with
external monitor attached
Does it work with the lid open and no additional monitor attached?
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:43 AM, dweimer dwei...@dweimer.net wrote:
Is anyone out there running FreeBSD on a Dell Latitude E6520?
I am struggling to Xorg to start, doing the Xorg -configure I get number
of created screens
Nope, but perhaps I found some information, that has me in going in the right
direction, this has an integrated intel video card with the core i7, in process
of rebuilding world and kernel with Kim's and xorg_new set in make.conf.
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On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:12 AM, OpenSlate
Oops stupid iPAD spell correct Kim's = KMS.
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On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:38 AM, Dean E. Weimer dwei...@dweimer.net wrote:
Nope, but perhaps I found some information, that has me in going in the right
direction, this has an integrated intel video card with the core i7, in
process
I have only gone as far as scanning wifi and it did find all the ssids I
expected. System is now recompiling the xorg ports with new kernel and world
in place.
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On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:50 AM, OpenSlate ChalkDust openslatep...@gmail.com
wrote:
I am interested in your solution
I am interested in your solution as I plan to more from my old desktop to a
notebook, most likely the same Dell you have.
Have you gotten as far as WiFi? Dell has a bad reputation for network
drivers, especially WiFi.
On Jul 18, 2013 3:41 AM, Dean E. Weimer dwei...@dweimer.net wrote:
Oops
Success X is running after some more playing to verify what works and doesn't I
will post back with full config, FYI I did have to re-enable Optimus after
rebuilding with KMS.
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On Jul 18, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Dean E. Weimer dwei...@dweimer.net wrote:
I have only gone as far as
On 07/18/2013 9:18 am, Dean E. Weimer wrote:
Success X is running after some more playing to verify what works and
doesn't I will post back with full config, FYI I did have to re-enable
Optimus after rebuilding with KMS.
So far I still haven't been able to get the external monitor working, I
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 04:11:27PM -0400, Eitan Adler wrote:
I used make install as I had no way of knowing that additional drivers
could be selected. Perhaps that should be an option to the sysinstall
program when FBSD is initially being installed.
Yes, people can't guess what are
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On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 07:17:48AM -0700, Fred Boatwright wrote:
For x11/xorg-minimal installation you issued the command:
make install or make install VIDEO_DRIVER=your_video_driver ?
Without the mention of the driver it installs the vesa driver only.
This is sub-optimal, an
I used make install as I had no way of knowing that additional drivers
could be selected. Perhaps that should be an option to the sysinstall
program when FBSD is initially being installed.
Yes, people can't guess what are the names of the drivers, it's in my
opinion a problem for this
Fred Boatwright f...@blakemfg.com wrote:
Until FBSD X is working on the pc I have to use Netscape 4.79 on
a Sun running Solaris 2.6 (which I would prefer to keep using if
only a modern browser was available) ...
If the problems with X on FBSD are limited to the X server
(display subsystem),
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Fred Boatwright f...@blakemfg.com wrote:
Until FBSD X is working on the pc I have to use Netscape 4.79 on
a Sun running Solaris 2.6 (which I would prefer to keep using if
only a modern browser was available) ...
If the problems with X on FBSD are limited
in message 4c70a618.d6d35...@blakemfg.com,
wrote Fred Boatwright thusly...
The .xinitrc file:
xrdb
xsetroot -solid gray
xterm -geometry +0-100
xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7
#exec olvwm #complained about a missing font
exec fvwm
...
I don't understand why xterm and xconsole are
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 07:41:49PM -0700, Fred Boatwright wrote:
Warren Block wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote:
Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log
First notes:
You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1.
Something odd is going on with
On Sunday 22 August 2010 06:22:48 Fred Boatwright wrote:
Eitan Adler wrote:
The actual problem I am having is that startx produces only a completely
black screen.  Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro  produces the expected
grid and mouse pointer. Â A .xinitrc file is supposed to start a window
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:22:40 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated:
Those would be the nVidia binary drivers. There's also
x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv. I avoid nVidia cards, so someone else
will have to comment on those.
I came to this party late, so please excuse me if
Marc Fonvieille wrote:
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 07:41:49PM -0700, Fred Boatwright wrote:
Warren Block wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote:
Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log
First notes:
You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1.
Tijl Coosemans wrote:
On Sunday 22 August 2010 06:22:48 Fred Boatwright wrote:
Eitan Adler wrote:
The actual problem I am having is that startx produces only a completely
black screen.  Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro  produces the expected
grid and mouse pointer. Â A .xinitrc file
Jerry wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:22:40 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated:
Those would be the nVidia binary drivers. There's also
x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv. I avoid nVidia cards, so someone else
will have to comment on those.
I came to this party late, so
On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:42:35 -0700
Fred Boatwright f...@blakemfg.com articulated:
Hi Jerry,
I do not have the driver you suggest on the CD. I have:
nividia-driver
nividia-driver-173
nividia-driver-71
nividia-driver-96
Which should be used? I was not able to find the version you
On Sunday 22 August 2010 06:22:48 Fred Boatwright wrote:
The .xinitrc file:
xrdb
xsetroot -solid gray
xterm -geometry +0-100
xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7
#exec olvwm #complained about a missing font
exec fvwm
Is this file executable?
signature.asc
Description: This is a
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 07:19:36PM +0200, Tijl Coosemans wrote:
On Sunday 22 August 2010 06:22:48 Fred Boatwright wrote:
The .xinitrc file:
xrdb
xsetroot -solid gray
xterm -geometry +0-100
xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7
#exec olvwm #complained about a missing font
exec
Frank Shute wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 07:19:36PM +0200, Tijl Coosemans wrote:
On Sunday 22 August 2010 06:22:48 Fred Boatwright wrote:
The .xinitrc file:
xrdb
xsetroot -solid gray
xterm -geometry +0-100
xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7
#exec olvwm #complained
Warren Block wrote:
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote:
I am having trouble setting up X similar to a previous posting. I have
a new 8.0 installation.
Using the Handbook chapter suggested below I waas able to generate and
edit an xorg.conf file. It tests ok. I generated a
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
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote:
.xinitrc
xrdb
xsetroot -solid gray
xterm -geometry +0-100
xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7
#exec olvwm #complained about a missing font
exec fvwm
Before trying a different window manager, try good old twm.
xorg.conf
Section ServerLayout
Hi Matthew,
The .xinitrc file starts fvwm. I have not found any error message that
would indicate fvwm is not running.
One of the common failure modes you mention is probably what I have!
Best regards,
Fred
Matthew Seaman wrote:
On 21/08/2010 18:13:09, Fred Boatwright wrote:
The screen
Warren Block wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote:
.xinitrc
xrdb
xsetroot -solid gray
xterm -geometry +0-100
xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7
#exec olvwm #complained about a missing font
exec fvwm
Before trying a different window manager, try good old twm.
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote:
I installed twm and changed .xinitrc to run it.
twm should have been part of the xorg install already.
I commented out the sections of xorg.conf that you suggested and changed
the resolution.
I changed the driver from vesa to nVidia but the
On 8/21/10 7:12 PM, Warren Block wrote:
I changed the driver from vesa to nVidia but the nVidia driver could not
be found and X exited. After restoring vesa I ran the test on xorg.conf
-retro and it worked ok. However, startx still produced only a black
screen.
nVidia is a long story.
Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log
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Glen Barber wrote:
On 8/21/10 7:12 PM, Warren Block wrote:
I changed the driver from vesa to nVidia but the nVidia driver could not
be found and X exited. After restoring vesa I ran the test on xorg.conf
-retro and it worked ok. However, startx still produced only a black
screen.
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote:
Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log
First notes:
You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1.
Something odd is going on with some of the fonts.
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Warren Block wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote:
Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log
First notes:
You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1.
Something odd is going on with some of the fonts.
I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote:
Warren Block wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote:
Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log
First notes:
You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1.
Something odd is going on with some of the fonts.
I installed
Eitan Adler wrote:
Something odd is going on with some of the fonts.
I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a
huge amount of software that will never get used. Â I don't want all the
stuff for gnome and kde as I will never use them.
It appeared to me
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Fred Boatwright f...@blakemfg.com wrote:
Eitan Adler wrote:
Something odd is going on with some of the fonts.
I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a
huge amount of software that will never get used. Ā I don't want all the
Eitan Adler wrote:
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Fred Boatwright f...@blakemfg.com wrote:
Eitan Adler wrote:
Something odd is going on with some of the fonts.
I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a
huge amount of software that will never get
Finally got motivated to put together a little writeup on this:
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
This writeup will give me options to experiment with and see which works when
I'm back in FreeBSD, am in Linux (Slackware 13.0) now.
I think I tried other things besides
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:22:44 +, Thomas Mueller
mueller6...@bellsouth.net wrote:
This writeup will give me options to experiment with and see which
works when I'm back in FreeBSD, am in Linux (Slackware 13.0) now.
Personally, I went the way with compiling X without HAL and DBUS,
as I have
Hello,
I am having trouble setting up X similar to a previous posting. I have
a new 8.0 installation.
Using the Handbook chapter suggested below I waas able to generate and
edit an xorg.conf file. It tests ok. I generated a .xinitrc file based
on an example in the Handbook. When a user runs
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote:
I am having trouble setting up X similar to a previous posting. I have
a new 8.0 installation.
Using the Handbook chapter suggested below I waas able to generate and
edit an xorg.conf file. It tests ok. I generated a .xinitrc file based
on an
My guess: the windows are not locked, they just don't receive any input,
because X does not see your mouse and keyboard. Make sure that hal and
dbus are started before you start X!
toma
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On 8/19/2010 6:20 AM, Rem Roberti wrote:
I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't
installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by
typing startx they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows
are locked up. By that I mean that there is no
I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't installed
a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by typing startx
they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows are locked up. By that
I mean that there is no mouse, and no possibility of entering
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
On 19-Aug-10 13:20, Rem Roberti wrote:
I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't
installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by
typing startx they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows
are
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Thomas Mueller wrote:
I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't installed a wm yet,
but when I try to call up the generic x windows by typing startx they do
indeed appear, but all three of the x windows are locked up. By that I mean that there
On 08/19/2010 15:02, Warren Block wrote:
Now I can't remember if it was AllowEmptyInput (no spaces) or Allow
Empty Input but would think the former; am in Linux as I type this
and didn't need that line in that xorg.conf .
Don't need it in FreeBSD, either. In fact, using it in FreeBSD often
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
On 08/19/2010 15:02, Warren Block wrote:
Don't need it in FreeBSD, either. In fact, using it in FreeBSD often
causes hesitant input characters that only show up when you move the
mouse. Or a draggy mouse. Or both.
Finally got motivated to put
On 8/19/10 1:59 PM, Warren Block wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
On 08/19/2010 15:02, Warren Block wrote:
Don't need it in FreeBSD, either. In fact, using it in FreeBSD often
causes hesitant input characters that only show up when you move the
mouse. Or a draggy mouse. Or
Warren Block wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
On 08/19/2010 15:02, Warren Block wrote:
Don't need it in FreeBSD, either. In fact, using it in FreeBSD often
causes hesitant input characters that only show up when you move the
mouse. Or a draggy mouse. Or both.
Finally got
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, b. f. wrote:
Warren Block wrote:
On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
On 08/19/2010 15:02, Warren Block wrote:
Don't need it in FreeBSD, either. In fact, using it in FreeBSD often
causes hesitant input characters that only show up when you move the
mouse. Or a
I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't
installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by
typing startx they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows
are locked up. By that I mean that there is no mouse, and no
possibility of entering
Ondrej Majerech wrote:
On 19-Aug-10 13:20, Rem Roberti wrote:
I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't
installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by
typing startx they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows
are locked up. By that I
On 19-Aug-10 13:20, Rem Roberti wrote:
I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't
installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by
typing startx they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows
are locked up. By that I mean that there is no
I'm having problems with xorg on an IBM t22 using 6.2 freebsd. The video card
shows to be an S3 savage, but the savage driver is broken (blank screen on
startx) so I am using the vesa driver. It works fine untill I drop out of X,
the screen goes blank, keyboard and mouse become unresponsive.
Richard Danter wrote:
Hi All,
I have a strange problem with starting Xorg after a boot on my Compaq
Presario 1800T laptop. First time I try to startx the screen is
corrupted, the mouse moves very slowly (if at all) and sometimes the
only way out is to kill the window manager by SSH'ing in from
Hello..
I've been having some problems with Xorg under fbsd 5.3 (Production release).
While using my computer under X (xorg 6.7) it suddenly hangs.. These
crashes seems to be somewhat random. They have occurd while i'm using
firefox or valknut and performing some sort of action, pressing the
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