Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:45:02 -0500, Andrew Gould > wrote: > > It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places > for > > various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. > > At least according to the history of problems with

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:45:02 -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places for > various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. At least according to the history of problems with X that appeared on this list, /usr/ports/UPDATING hasn't receive

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
Absolutely! (Sent from my iPhone) On May 5, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Andrew Gould wrote: On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 (not an upg

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your > ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 > (not an upgrade from 7.1), I didn't think the UPDATING file would be > very helpful. > It's good,

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 (not an upgrade from 7.1), I didn't think the UPDATING file would be very helpful. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 06 May 2009 00:01:47 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Taking this opportunity, allow me to remind to everyone that the > Handbook is always "work in progress" and it is always useful to check > again sections that you have already read, as new info is added > regularly. This latest addition

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Andrew Gould wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > > >> Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 >> >> > > > me too ;-) > Taking this opportunity, allow me to r

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 > me too ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing l

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscrib

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Just installed 7.2-RELEASE. After changing my /etc/ttys to default to > xdm and rebooting, my machine opens xdm, but I cannot type or press > enter. My keyboard isn't totally unresponsive, however, because I can > Ctrl+Alt+F# to another v

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Daniel Underwood
I don't have an xorg.conf file. When I installed 7.1-RELEASE on this laptop (exact same machine) I didn't need to configure an xorg.conf file. But I'll certainly try your advice. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.free

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

2009-05-05 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
Hi, Daniel Underwood wrote: Just installed 7.2-RELEASE. After changing my /etc/ttys to default to xdm and rebooting, my machine opens xdm, but I cannot type or press enter. My keyboard isn't totally unresponsive, however, because I can Ctrl+Alt+F# to another virtual terminal. Try adding: