On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Fred Boatwright <[email protected]> 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 >> > stuff for gnome and kde as I will never use them. >> > >> > It appeared to me that the fonts could be straightened out when >> > everything else is working. Ā I think the Handbook has a section on >> > adding fonts. >> > >> >> Hi, >> I'm the maintainer of x11/xorg-minimal. I have not been following this >> thread. >> >> Did you have problems with fonts when installing x11/xorg-minimal ? >> >> -- >> Eitan Adler > > Hi Eitan, > The Xorg.0.log file shows it can't find some expected fonts. The file > is at > http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log
These are harmless. X.org will work without them which is why I didn't depend on them on x11/xorg-minimal > 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. A .xinitrc file is supposed to start a window > manager. Modern X.org installs don't show a default window manager (so a black screen is "expected). What is the contents of your .xinitrc file? > > Best regards, > Fred > -- Eitan Adler _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
