Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Michal Varga wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 12:02 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> >    Newb hacker tip number one: try CTRL-ALT-F1 when you get the >> > technicolor screen. If your system isn't hosed then you'll get the >> > first tty. >> >> I do know this, be

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Michal Varga
On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 12:02 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >Newb hacker tip number one: try CTRL-ALT-F1 when you get the > > technicolor screen. If your system isn't hosed then you'll get the > > first tty. > > I do know this, before it was CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE and now it is > CTRL + ALT

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Michal Varga wrote: >> On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 07:01 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >>> > I've skimmed the thread, (apologies if I've missed it), but I haven't >>> > yet seen your Xorg log or your config file

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Michal Varga wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 07:01 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> > I've skimmed the thread, (apologies if I've missed it), but I haven't >> > yet seen your Xorg log or your config file. Almost every graphics card >> > should work with VESA at a m

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Michal Varga
On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 07:01 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > I've skimmed the thread, (apologies if I've missed it), but I haven't > > yet seen your Xorg log or your config file. Almost every graphics card > > should work with VESA at a minimum. > > I have no Xorg.conf file as it is not needed a

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Tom Evans wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Antonio Olivares > wrote: >>> The first thing to try is reading the handbook section on configuring >>> X at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html - specifically >>> try running >>> >>> Xorg -configu

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Tom Evans
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> The first thing to try is reading the handbook section on configuring >> X at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html - specifically >> try running >> >> Xorg -configure >> >> as root to get a basic xorg.conf file that you can

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-20 Thread Antonio Olivares
> The first thing to try is reading the handbook section on configuring > X at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html - specifically > try running > > Xorg -configure > > as root to get a basic xorg.conf file that you can then tweak > > Once you have this working, you may like to try the

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-19 Thread Anthony Brown
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I added  this to /etc/rc.conf > hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" > > but machine still gives no working X :( > >>> >>>    This seems like more of a question@ issue. >>>    I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past e

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-19 Thread Antonio Olivares
I added this to /etc/rc.conf >>> hald_enable="YES" >>> dbus_enable="YES" but machine still gives no working X :( >> >>    This seems like more of a question@ issue. >>    I doubt that the above claim is at fault, given past experience. >> What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say, and what does your xo

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-18 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM,  <"Thomas Mueller > wrote: >>> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit >>> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg.  When I type >>> startx, I get a screen with a bun

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-18 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:50 -0700 Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, <"Thomas Mueller > wrote: > >> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit > >> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg.  When I type > >> startx, I get a screen with

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-17 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM, <"Thomas Mueller wrote: >> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit >> machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg.  When I type >> startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, >> just colors.  The machine

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-17 Thread Thomas Mueller
> I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit > machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. When I type > startx, I get a screen with a bunch of colors no mouse, no keyboard, > just colors. The machine has nvidia onboard graphics. I am trying to > get kernel sour

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-17 Thread Antonio Olivares
> Have you installed xorg-server? you can look with pkg_info | grep xorg > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=xorg-ser&stype=all&sektion=all > > When i install a new system with gui, i forget most time xorg-server ;). > I will check this out on Monday. I am away from machine on weekends

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-17 Thread lokada...@gmx.de
On 09/16/11 02:05, Antonio Olivares wrote: On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: Dear folks, I hope this is the correct list to post this message. I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg. When

Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce

2011-09-15 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear folks, > > I hope this is the correct list to post this message. > > I have successfully installed FreeBSD-9.0-BETA2 to an amd64 bit > machine, I have used the ports to install xfce and xorg.  When I type > startx, I get a screen with