Update:Xorg build and performance.

Garrett Cooper yanefbsd at gmail.com
Fri Apr 23 20:00:40 UTC 2010


On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Super Biscuit <super_bisquit at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Xorg still does not start.
> No screens found
> I added then removed the fbdev.
> Will I need to compile Xorg without fbdev?
> The file xorg.conf is non existent on my system
> If you need more information, tell me.
>
> --- On Thu, 4/22/10, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Update:Xorg build and performance.
> To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit at yahoo.com>
> Cc: freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org
> Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7:40 PM
>
> Super Biscuit wrote:
>> Fbdev must be installed from ports. meta port did not install.
>> Pciutils must be installed from ports.
>> Module fbdevhw not found. Maybe it will need to be imported?
>> Xorg -configure will not generate an xorg.conf. Fatal no screens found.
> There are two things you need to do:
>
> sysctl hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap=1
>
> And then set the UseFBDev option in xorg.conf to Off. It's a Linux-ism that has snuck into the Rage 128 driver.

Hi,
    Please try reading the configuring X11 section in the handbook. It
might help: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html .
Thanks,
-Garrett

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