Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

[Manolis Kiagias]

mv wrote:
> On Sun, 19 April 2009 03:14:35 Manolis Kiagias wrote:
>   
>>
>> The default screen when not running a WM/DE is no longer the familiar
>> screen pattern / X mouse pointer, but a black screen. Go figure...
>> You maybe having a working X and not know it.
>>
>>     
>
> I had the same issues starting and stopping X.  I was looking at a pitch 
> black screen and did not know if the server was running properly or 
> not.  After some digging around I found a new parameter which will 
> produce the traditional stipple with cursor in the center of the 
> screen:
>
>    X -retro
>
> The above command plus the settings in xorg.conf about killing the 
> server with Ctrl+Atl+BS (specified elsewhere in this thread) will 
> produce a traditional startup and shutdown for X.
>
> Thank for all the useful tips
>
> Marek
>
>   
You can also use twm for testing. Have a look at

http://www.freebsdgr.org/handbook-mine/x-config.html

(soon to be integrated in the Handbook)