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, > > -- <http://www.sun.com> * Robert Perkins * Engagement Architect *Sun Microsystems, Inc.* US Phone 781-442-3175 Mobile 978-337-4814 Fax 781-442-7210 Email Bob.Perkins at Sun.COM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/install-discuss/attachments/20070719/94351edb/attachment.html>
