X won't start

Brandon J. Wandersee brandon.wandersee at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 13:49:39 UTC 2015


Warren Block writes:

> The X meta-port or package install a set of drivers.  "No screens found" 
> usually means there is something weird, like a multi-GPU setup 
> (Optimus).  Without knowing what hardware is involved, it's hard to be 
> more specific.

Display drivers don't get installed with the X.org distribution; as I
understand it, it's because of such potential conflicts. I'd guess OP
hasn't installed the correct driver (Intel, Nvidia, or AMD) for the
system's display.

https://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=xf86-video&search=go&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive

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