Hi Glen,

In my old config - xorg.conf did not exist (because xorg self configured 
much better than any selections I could make)
So it is not there now :(

I'm pretty sure there is a log in there someplace for me to decipher..  
Thanks for the good info though.
Regards,
Bob


Glenn Lagasse wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> * Bob Perkins (Bob.Perkins at Sun.COM) wrote:
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> My home machine was originally set up w/o live upgrade in mind.  At long 
>> last I was able to backup my system w/ufsdump - repartition the disk - 
>> ufsrestore and get my OS back without ruining anything!  (I'm not an admin - 
>> I just play one on tv)
>>
>> So...  I performed a live upgrade and reboot to snv_67.  The system comes up 
>> fine until it is time to paint the screen..  then I get a black "X" for a 
>> mouse pointer - that works perfectly, but a grey noisy background and that 
>> is it..
>>
>> I've tried booting to single user and running kdmconfig - but w/o success.  
>> kdmconfig says unknown terminal type..  I did make it work once and got a 
>> screen that was acceptable - but after it wrote out the xorg.conf (I 
>> think)..  I got back the black X and grey noise background.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>     
>
> I presume this is an x86 box?
>
> I would move /etc/X11/xorg.conf out of the way (just rename it to
> something else) and then try to start X.  Xorg tries very hard
> now-a-days to self-configure itself.
>
> Cheers,
>
>   

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