iMac 11.1: Xorg - black screen

fernandel · Oct 1, 2013

Installation of FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE was successful on an iMac 11,1 with a Radeon HD 4850 GPU and I installed Xorg with

Code:

WITH_NEW_XORG=yes

Code:

 xorg.conf.new

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "${prefix}/share/fonts/X11/misc/"
	FontPath     "${prefix}/share/fonts/X11/TTF/"
	FontPath     "${prefix}/share/fonts/X11/OTF/"
	FontPath     "${prefix}/share/fonts/X11/Type1/"
	FontPath     "${prefix}/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "${prefix}/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  600   340	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "APP"
	ModelName    "Color LCD"
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"            	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"            	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"        	# <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CustomEDID"         	# [<str>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"        	# <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ClockGating"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"     	# <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"         	# <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceLowPowerMode"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicPM"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NewPLL"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ZaphodHeads"        	# <str>
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "radeon"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	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
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

When I run Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro I got a black screen. Ctrl-ALt-F* doesn't work it stays a black screen. I built Xorg without hal but I had devd enabled.
Please check attached file.

Thanks in advance.

wblock@ · Oct 1, 2013

I have not tried the new devd autoconfig option. Unless you add or remove keyboards or mice while X is running, it is not really needed, and maybe not then.

The ${prefix} lines are unusual. xorg.conf is not executed as a shell script, those will probably not work.

As far as the black screen, there are many possible causes.

How is X being started? What are the contents of ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession?

mzperx · Oct 1, 2013

I have installed 9.2 today too and had the same issue (with Intel HD 4000). Running Xorg -configure in the console broke the system (so X was not started yet). However after a restart I realized that the xorg.conf.new file was created after all. I simply copied and edited xorg.conf and apparently X is running well.

fernandel · Oct 1, 2013

wblock@ said:
I have not tried the new devd autoconfig option. Unless you add or remove keyboards or mice while X is running, it is not really needed, and maybe not then.

The ${prefix} lines are unusual. xorg.conf is not executed as a shell script, those will probably not work.

As far as the black screen, there are many possible causes.

How is X being started? What are the contents of ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession?

I did install FreeBSD again. In .xinitrc I have:

Code:

exec fluxbox

And now I build Xorg without 'new'...in make.conf.
xorg.conf.new looks like:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  600   340	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "APP"
	ModelName    "Color LCD"
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"            	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"            	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"        	# <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CustomEDID"         	# [<str>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"        	# <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ClockGating"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"     	# <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"         	# <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceLowPowerMode"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicPM"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NewPLL"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ZaphodHeads"        	# <str>
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
	BoardName   "RV770/M98L [Mobility Radeon HD 4850]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	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
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

And I got a black screen again. Please check attached log.

Thank you.
#Option

Beastie · Oct 1, 2013

mzperx said:
Running Xorg -configure in console broke the system (so X was not started yet). However after restart I realized that xorg.conf.new file was created after all. I simply copied and edited xorg.conf and apparently X is running well.

It probably didn't "break the system" then (for you at least). A black screen is a perfectly normal test screen.
If you want the old chain mail pattern you need to use the -retro switch.

wblock@ · Oct 1, 2013

Please put log files on the web, someplace like pastebin.com, so they can be easily read.

There did not appear to be any problems in yours. Please remove or rename both xorg.conf and .xinitrc, then run startx. Do you see a mouse pointer?

fernandel · Oct 1, 2013

wblock@ said:
Please put log files on the web, someplace like pastebin.com, so they can be easily read.

There did not appear to be any problems in yours. Please remove or rename both xorg.conf and .xinitrc, then run startx. Do you see a mouse pointer?

I did but I didn't saw a mouse pointer.

fernandel · Oct 1, 2013

wblock@ said:
Please put log files on the web, someplace like pastebin.com, so they can be easily read.

There did not appear to be any problems in yours. Please remove or rename both xorg.conf and .xinitrc, then run startx. Do you see a mouse pointer?

I forgot a link:

http://pastebin.com/BKzzpKHQ

wblock@ · Oct 1, 2013

All right, the next thing to try. Remove or rename all copies of xorg.conf. Put this one in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.

xorg.conf

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier   "X.org Configured"
        Screen       0  "Screen0" 0 0
        Option       "AIGLX" "On"
        Option       "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
        #Option       "Log" "sync"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group 0
        Mode  0660
EndSection

Section "Module"
#       Disable "record"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option       "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
EndSection

fernandel · Oct 1, 2013

wblock@ said:
All right, the next thing to try. Remove or rename all copies of xorg.conf. Put this one in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.

[/code]

It doesn't work:

http://pastebin.com/HSCUWGq1

wblock@ · Oct 1, 2013

All right, you have an "eDP" port. This is Apple hardware, and as such may need something weird to work. There is nothing obvious in the logs to indicate a problem, except maybe

Code:

(EE) RADEON(0): clock recovery failed

fernandel · Oct 1, 2013

wblock@ said:
All right, you have an "eDP" port. This is Apple hardware, and as such may need something weird to work. There is nothing obvious in the logs to indicate a problem, except maybe

Code:

(EE) RADEON(0): clock recovery failed

Thank you very much. I didn't have a problem on FreeBSD 10.0-ALPHA1 with the KMS driver but I had a problem with sound settings which looks like on FreeBSD 9.2 will work

. Do you have any suggestion, please?

wblock@ · Oct 1, 2013

Maybe one of the Mac types can suggest something more definite. If the KMS driver worked under 10.0, I would stick with that and work on the sound settings, which are generally easier to deal with than video support.

fernandel · Oct 1, 2013

wblock@ said:
Maybe one of the Mac types can suggest something more definite. If the KMS driver worked under 10.0, I would stick with that and work on the sound settings, which are generally easier to deal with than video support.

Thank you. I am not lucky because sound settings were a big problem too.

Have a good one.

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