Script to help find xorg configuration issues

[Michael Gmelin]

On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 13:01:15 -0500
ajtiM <starikarp at dismail.de> wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 15:36:19 +0100
> Michael Gmelin <freebsd at grem.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been helping others configuring X11 with UDEV/evdev for quite
> > some time now. Since UDEV recently became the default option on
> > 12.1[0], I thought that having something automated (yet
> > non-intrusive) to help users fix their setup might be useful.
> > 
> > To achieve this, I created a small/hacky script today that checks
> > all the usual problems I found while helping people figuring out
> > what's wrong with their setup.
> > 
> > You can find it on github:
> > https://github.com/grembo/xorg-udev-setup-check
> > 
> > Direct download link:
> > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grembo/xorg-udev-setup-check/master/xorg-udev-setup-check.sh
> > 
> > Usage: ./xorg-udev-setup-check.sh [-hdpi]
> >    -h print this help
> >    -d skip drm checks
> >    -p skip package version checks
> >    -i only show errors (suppress info)
> > 
> > You should be able to run it as an unprivileged user - fixing things
> > will require root privileges though.
> > 
> > I didn't test it thoroughly, so feel free to open pull requests
> > on github - functional improvements only please, don't try to
> > improve the code quality.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Michael
> > 
> > [0]https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196678
> >   
> 
> Thank you for the script but I did downgrade 11th times because new
> xserve doesn't work on my system.
> The script found just that I need to put radeon or intel in rc.conf.
> For my Radeon drm.kmod doesn't work - black screen and I am using scfb
> driver which doesn't work on new xserver or I do nnot know how to do.
> As I wrote before I have
> in /usr/local/etc/xorg.conf.d/driver_scfb.conf where I have 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier "Card0"
> 	Driver	   "scfb"
> EndSection	
> 
> and work for me on old xserver.
> 
> Thank you. No more update and downgrade. I need to work too.
> 

So does everyone else who's trying to help you :)

I seem to remember having issues with scfb a while ago. To make it work
I had to make sure that scfb is the only driver available. An easy way
to test this without dealing with pkg problems is to move everything
except "scfb_drv.so" out of /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
manually (especially vesa_drv.so)

With all alternative drivers removed, driver_scfb.conf shouldn't be
necessary anymore, as scfb is the only option left. So it should be
removed - which should make auto-detection of the server layout work,
which should make input devices work - if my memory doesn't fool me. It
might be worth a shot.

That was over two years ago though, so I can't guarantee this will
actually fix it for you. If you feel like testing is an undue burden,
don't try it.

Cheers,
Michael

-- 
Michael Gmelin