On 2010-May-07 08:55:26 -0700, Freddie Cash <fjwc...@gmail.com> wrote: > What would have been nice is a note that the default background for the >bare X server was changed from the nice grey/black checkerboard to solid >black. > >The portmaster update of X completed successfully. Starting X by itself (X >-config /etc/X11/xorg.conf) gave a black screen, like it had crashed. Tried >"X -configure" and "X -config ./xorg.conf.new". Same thing. Tried a couple >of different xorg.conf files, tried without a config file. All gave black >screens, similar to a crash of the X server or a driver bug.
Actually, this is one of the things that was broken between Xorg 7.3 and Xorg 7.4 (see ports/134643). I spent over a month trying to work out why my Xorg 7.4 trial update wasn't working. Whoever silently changed the defaults so that starting the Xserver gives a black screen whilst disabling Ctrl-Alt-BS (so you can't stop the server) should be shot. -- Peter Jeremy
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