Attempting to get an X11 server running

[sizemj at lavabit.com]

This is what I use in my xorg.conf
see below

Notice the mode line for resolution, and HorizSync    30-107
        VertRefresh  48-120
Also in my /etc/rc.conf  I put these lines
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

This sets up X for me every time and works great.




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

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

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

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

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

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        HorizSync    30-107
        VertRefresh  48-120
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     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
		Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     4
		Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
                Viewport 0 0
		Depth    24
		Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection




> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote:
>
>> google found
>> http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=27601
>> which suggests using moused instead of hald. Â moused runs,
>> but I think I have to get Xorg to use a config file to set
>> Â Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
>> Â Option "AutoAddDevices" Â "off"
>> so that it will work without hald.
>
> That is incorrect.  Don't set AllowEmptyInput, just turn off
> AutoAddDevices.
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
>
>> Question 1: why does "Xorg -configure" create a config file
>> that doesn't work the same way as just running "Xorg" ?
>
> The defaults assumed when run are different from those in the generated
> config file.  I don't know why.
>
>> Question 2: how do I get a usable config file?
>
> Look for examples on the net.  Realize that most of xorg.conf is
> optional now, and you can leave out sections where the defaults are
> correct.
>
>> Question 3: how do I get complete modeline info for what
>> it is currently running?
>
> Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more.
> Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If
> modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  But
> they almost certainly are not.
>
>> Question 5: how do I get hald to work?
>
> It's not used if you turn off AutoAddDevices or build the xorg-server
> port with the HAL option disabled.
>
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