fbdevhw, different kbd map in xorg

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emosms

I try to run freeBSD
After starting xinit, didnt have mouse and keyboard. Xinit managed to start.
Then I append hald_start, dbus_start, also started them manually according to the instructions. The result was an error message after xinit command.
Code: 
....
Primary device is not PCI
(==) Using default built-in configuration (21 lines)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No devices found.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
...
....
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such proccess (errno 3): Server error
The computer is a laptop, I suspect hardware/driver problems.
Any suggestions?
XFree86, maybe?
Best Regards
 
what did you append "hald_start" and "dbus_start" to?
afaik those are not valid for anything.
you may try adding
Code: 
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
to rc.conf
 
hald and dbus are starting at boot

Installed xf86-video-fbdev, run xinit and the next error :) :
Code: 
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (module does not exist,0)

Have to find out what this is about..
 
No xorg.conf file. I tried:
Xorg -configure
and got:
Code: 
List of video drivers:
ati, radeon, i810,intel, mach64, nv, openchrome, r128, radeonhd, [color="Red"]fbdev[/color], vesa
...
No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
Xorg.0.log warnings:
(didnt post the whole log, cause I work on one computer, reboot and write down on a list..)
Code: 
...
(WW) xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
..
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev

videocard nVidia
 
LateNiteTV said:
take out that fbdev line from your xorg.conf
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xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)does not exist
cannot create one:
Code: 
Xorg -configure
No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
 
What is the full output of 'pciconf -vl' ? You would appear to have a video card not supported by any of the Xorg drivers installed on your machine.

EDIT: I see above you said it's an nvidia card. Some newer cards are only supported by their closed source proprietary driver that you can install via the x11/nvidia-driver port.

Adam
 
adamk said:
What is the full output of 'pciconf -vl' ? You would appear to have a video card not supported by any of the Xorg drivers installed on your machine.

EDIT: I see above you said it's an nvidia card. Some newer cards are only supported by their closed source proprietary driver that you can install via the x11/nvidia-driver port.

Adam
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I will check all that.
But the x server started once.
I didnt have mouse and kbd, so I enabled hald and dbus and then the problems came.
Also, I run a virtual freeBSD through vmware and it is ok.
 
Problem solved.
Reinstalled freeBSD.
Then first generated xorg.conf.new file, in case of failure.
Enabled hald and dbus and started them.
xinit command, and now I have mouse and kbd.

I have another interesting issue now:
when installing the OS, I set the kbd map as DANISH.ISO, cause my laptop is bought in Denmark, with a danish kbd.
The problem is that I have the correct kbd in terminal, but it switches to US kbd into the Xorg window.
This I noticed both for the vmWare freeBSD and for the freeBDS boot.
 
emosms said:
when installing the OS, I set the kbd map as DANISH.ISO, cause my laptop is bought in Denmark, with a danish kbd.
The problem is that I have the correct kbd in terminal, but it switches to US kbd into the Xorg window.
This I noticed both for the vmWare freeBSD and for the freeBDS boot.
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This is common. You could use hald to do that. All you need is a keyboard configuration file for hald called x11-input.fdi, an it should reside in /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy. Check out the following page for more details

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html

However, I simply rely on setxkbmap to change my keyboard layout for a session on the fly.

Code: 
setxkbmap de

This sets up a standard German layout, for example. You could even have this in your .xinitrc and so everytime you start X, you will have the proper layout.
 
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