have desktop on freebsd

Steve O'Hara-Smith ateve at sohara.org
Tue Sep 18 08:44:56 UTC 2012


	Hi,

	Did you then copy the xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? You'll
need to do that for it to be used by default.

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:39:43 +0430
saeedeh motlagh <saeedeh.motlagh at gmail.com> wrote:

> yes, i used "Xorg -configure" and after that "Xorg -config
> xorg.conf.new -retro" as a root user. it seems that every thing is ok
> and i see a gray page with mouse curser but when i restart my system i
> don't have desktop.
> i use startx command to test it and fbdevmodule error occurred.
> 
> i really don't know how to fix it:(. have you any suggestion? i need
> desktop on my BSD box.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/18/12, Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie at kode5.net> wrote:
> > [ saeedeh motlagh wrote on Tue 18.Sep'12 at  9:40:16 +0430 ]
> >
> >> thanks Jamie, i changed my driver to intel and modules are as the same
> >> you mentioned but i don't have desktop yet. after editing xorg.conf
> >> file, i restart my system to be sure that xorg.conf file is readed
> >> again and changes are applied but error is as the same before:
> >>
> >> "loadmodule: module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData data
> >> object"
> >>
> >> i looked in xorg log file and see that there is an error in
> >> libfbdevhw.so which is in /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/linux path. do
> >> you know how i can fiix it??
> >
> > I'm not sure why linux would be included in that path at the end there,
> > perhaps that was a typo?
> >
> > 	 Did you use the command:	Xorg -configure ?
> >
> > from the command prompt as the root user first?
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