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Going graphical or not?
Hi people, this is first venture with FreeBSD. After installation I was looking forward to getting to grips with the OS. So after installation I promptly got to the login, logged in as root. First of all lets get graphical. pushed out the startx command and in a blink of an eye, nothing. My fine 19 inch flat screen flickered and displayed no signal and died with a no signal display. I was unable to get back to the command prompt.
Okay maybe I missed something. On another PC I promptly started reading the FreeBSD docs. Following the instructions I ran the following on rebooting into FreeBSD.. Code:
# cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg # make install clean Rebooted again and tried the next suggestion... Code:
# Xorg -configure # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new Comparing Slacks xorg.conf with FreeBSD's, they are near enough identical apart from a couple of minor points. Slacks conf "keyboard" Code:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Code:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Code:
Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "Radeon 9100 IGP" BusID "PCI:2:5:0" Code:
Identifier "Card0" Driver "ati" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "Radeon 9100 IGP" BusID "PCI:2:5:0" Slackware... Code:
Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" ..... the same from here Code:
Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" ..... the same from here "XkbModel" "pc105" and "XkbLayout" "gb" as well as the DefaultDisplay set to 24. I left the Driver for the card set at ati. How do i know if FreeBSD has a Radeon Driver? Okay. Same result nothing. Where am I going wrong? Version = FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 X.Org X Server 1.4.0 Important part of Xorg.0.log Code:
(==) Log File: "/var/log/Xorg.0.org", Time date and time here (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Parse error on line 378 of section Device in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf "ATI" is not a valid keyword in this section. (EE) Problem parsing the config file (EE) Error parsing the config file Fatal server error: No Screens Found
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Xorg -config xorg.conf.new also make sure you don't select X while installing freeBSD |
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Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new Been at this for three nights now. Quote:
I have been posting elsewhere over the last couple of days... http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...phical-679829/ As suggested there by anomie, who I thank for his patience, I update ports and used portmaster to update to the latest xorg... Quote:
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Port Directory: /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810 This port is marked BROKEN. Does not compile. If you are sure you can build it remove BROKEN line in the Makefile and try again. Update for xf86-video-i810-1.6.5.3 failed. Aborting update. Update for xorg-drivers-7.3 failed. Aborted update.
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I'm heading out to dinner but have you looked at the online FreeBSD Handbook? Also, be careful trying to compare anything on Linux with FreeBSD. They do some things kind of wonky over there.
Are you sure xorg.conf is in /etc/X11? |
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i810
someone may want to verify the overall viability of this recommendation:
cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers make config from the resulting menu scroll and deselect i810 option. rebuild, reinstall port. rebuild, reinstall dependent ports. i vaguely recall running into a similar error with conflicting drivers at some point. it worked for me. but your mileage may vary and all that.. HTH |
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Why should I not install X during the installation? Is my installation screwed now by the failure of updating the x drivers described above.
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It is funny, now Xorg.0.log is empty...HELP
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Okay strategy is to a reinstall of FreeBSD and start again.
What shall I install during the intial installation, given in mind the FreeBSD handbook. Someone has already suggested that I dont install X during the installation. What about ports. After installation what steps should I follow to install X. Looking for guidance here, thanks in advance.
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after you install freebsd....
if you installed ports tree update ports Code:
$ portsnap fetch update Code:
$ portsnap fetch extract Code:
$ cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster $ make install clean Code:
$ rehash and install X Code:
$ portmaster x11/xorg Last edited by graudeejs; 31st October 2008 at 04:53 PM. |
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You have to do what was suggested before:
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$ cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers $ make config |
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Everything on the FreeBSD CD-ROMs are dated from when the release was made, so you download 7.0-Release, you get packages from when they made the CD. You can still use binary packages to install stuff like xorg, but it would be more convienant time wise: to just install FreeBSD, update FreeBSD, then install xorg, et cetera. The same thing holds true for the ports tree, the ports tree on CD#1 dates to when the release was made, but you will want a (heck of a lot) newer snap shot before installing software via ports. For just this same reason, since the csup utility became apart of the base system; I no longer use any third party packages on the FreeBSD release disk -- it's a waste of time.
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portsnap is also part of FBSD, and it's faster |
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Yes, but system source can't be updated via portsnap yet :-P
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Failed Again?
Okay reinstalled FreeBSD.
Updated ports. installed xorg drivers minding not to install i810. Then when I run the install for xorg. It run into the the x810 problem. Though I left it unchecked, it is installed as a dependancy for the intel-video-driver. I started again, installed FreeBSD. Updated ports, and such. made sure I unchecked the intel-video-driver...then installed latest xorg. It taken a age to complete. Used Xorg -configure then Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new. Same result. I even copied over xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and tried startx. Nothing. Okay some newbie questions here. Is there any window manager I need to install before I run X. What I mean is am i starting X and there is nothing there to run. In other words what do you do when after installing FreeBSD. Login as root, then what. And at what point do you start the X server running.
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