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I am sure this question would have come up quite a few times. Please note that I ain't a unix/linux/bsd newbie before posting your responses.
I installed FreeBSD 7 on my laptop and have been trying to get X to run for a day now.
My initial try with "X -configure" fails saying:
When it failed, I wrote an xorg.conf myself using the intel driver. The dispaly adapter is Intel 965GM(Mobile 965 Express Integrated Graphics Controller). I am posting the relevant portion of my xorg.conf:
I tried this with and without BusID and "X -config xorg.conf" is giving me the following error.
/val/log/Xorg.0.log doesn't reveal anything except one suspicious line about xf86EnableIO:
"Xorg -version" gives me the following:
I also tried the vesa driver. I believe it just involves the following.
But to no avail. It still gave me the same results.
My first concern here is "X -configure" failing despite all the relevant drivers being present(just intel and vesa should do the trick). xorgconf did work but it gave me a vague xorg.conf which was using vga driver. It didn't work. I tried all the drivers - vga, vesa, intel, i810.
pciconf -lv on my system reveals:
Is that pci0 a cause of concern?
PS - I ain't posting the actual files as:
* I am posting this from a different system.
* Posting the whole files and output creates unnecessary clutter.
I am sure this question would have come up quite a few times. Please note that I ain't a unix/linux/bsd newbie before posting your responses.
I installed FreeBSD 7 on my laptop and have been trying to get X to run for a day now.
My initial try with "X -configure" fails saying:
Code:
List of video drivers:
ati
atimisc
r128
radeon
i810
nv
via
intel
vesa
vga
No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
When it failed, I wrote an xorg.conf myself using the intel driver. The dispaly adapter is Intel 965GM(Mobile 965 Express Integrated Graphics Controller). I am posting the relevant portion of my xorg.conf:
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen"
Device "Intel"
EndSection
Code:
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
/val/log/Xorg.0.log doesn't reveal anything except one suspicious line about xf86EnableIO:
Code:
(WW) xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal Server error:
no screens found
Code:
X.org X server 1.4.0
Release Date : 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "vesa"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen 0"
Device "vesa"
EndSection
My first concern here is "X -configure" failing despite all the relevant drivers being present(just intel and vesa should do the trick). xorgconf did work but it gave me a vague xorg.conf which was using vga driver. It didn't work. I tried all the drivers - vga, vesa, intel, i810.
pciconf -lv on my system reveals:
Code:
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=blah blah
PS - I ain't posting the actual files as:
* I am posting this from a different system.
* Posting the whole files and output creates unnecessary clutter.