On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:08:59AM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > On 29/01/2008, doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > > > On 29/01/2008, Siraj Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On 29/01/2008, doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > I have just reinstalled Xorg (using the xorg port) and tried startx > > > again but it doesnt work. The error message is something like > > > > > > (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) > > > (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found > > > (II) Module "ddc" already built-in > > > (EE) VESA(0): No matching modes > > > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > no screens found > > > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) > > > > > > Please help!!! > > > > This looks like you did not configure X. As the handbook 5.4.2 > > says if startx does not work you need to run: Xorg -configure and > > then test that with > > > > Xorg -config xorg.conf.new > > > > If your Xorg is < 7.3 you have to do this. Depending on the > > defaults selected and your video card, you may need to edit your > > screen section. Xorg 7 did not work for me. In Xorg 6 all setup is > > manual and required. My screen section:
> > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > # DefaultDepth 16 > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 1 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 4 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 8 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 15 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 16 > > Modes "1280x1024" > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1280x1024" > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > > > > > > I did configure Xorg as it said in the handbook, but after that the > test didnt work, still gave me the same error. I then installed from a > port (I assume that will be the latest Xorg 7.3 is it? How can I check > what version do I have? > > What is way forward now? uninstall this and install Xorg 6? Check that you have xf86-video-i810 installed: $ pkg_info | grep i810 If not, install it. Try: # Xorg -configure again. Then: # X -config xorg.conf.new If it doesn't work, post xorg.conf.new to this list. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"