Hi Anne, While this is a bit "dirty", it might be helpful - I am sending you my own /etc/X11/xorg.conf from my NetBSD 5.0.1 USB-stick. It is not Thinkpad-specific, but actually starts X on several different computers. - What you should do: 1. try it as it is, just save it and say startx; if this does not work: 2. try setting ONLY the resolution that you have. - I read somewhere that it is possible that X "jumps over" the correct settings, as it initially believes other settings to be more suitable, but that then it turns out that these other settings do not work at all. So if you can have e.g. 1024x768 and 16 bit colour-depth, try allowing JUST THIS, i.e., erase all the other possibilities and set the default depth to 16. I am using the vesa driver. This really should work. Your other chance is to say hello to the early 1990s and try 640x480 and colour-depth 8 with vga - but I guess then you would not be all too happy. If this here DOES actually work, then you might wish to try out some other driver than vesa. Tell me whether this worked. Kind regards, Nino -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:56:08 -0800 > Von: Stripes the Tiger Cub <bengaltigerstripes%gmail.com@localhost> > An: "Nino on NetBSD 5.0.1" <nbsdold%gmx.net@localhost> > Betreff: Re: Almost there... > Thanks Nino. I'm using startx, not gdm or xdm. I've also got > Windowmaker installed and configured. > > Here is the problem I'm running into. X11 is completely hosed with > NetBSD. I can get this to work in Linux. However, I get a black screen > and have to do a hard reboot to get out (physical power button, > ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't kill X11, and ctrl-alt-delete doesn't > reboot). > > I have tried X -configure and using that xorg.conf, and tried > downloading an Xorg.conf that supposedly works from other OSs like > Ubuntu and even my own I used from Debian. So I don't think it's an > xorg.conf problem, because this happens with or without a known > working one. > > This is using /usr/pkgsrc-2009Q4 and complete install binaries from > NetBSD-current from a couple of days ago. > > Attached is the Xorg.0.log and the /var/log/messages. > > Thanks, > > -Anne > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Nino on NetBSD 5.0.1 > <nbsdold%gmx.net@localhost> > wrote: > > Dear Anne, > > > > Might it be possible that you are actually running X without a window > manager? - I did this once and it looked a bit like what you describe, for > you actually CAN work on a large terminal there. > > > > Could you possibly post your xorg.conf? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Nino > > > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >> Datum: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:28:27 -0800 > >> Von: Stripes the Tiger Cub <bengaltigerstripes%gmail.com@localhost> > >> An: > >> Betreff: Almost there... > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> Thanks for your help getting the wireless up and working. It works > >> with NetBSD-current install. There are two more things that I'm not > >> sure why aren't working: > >> > >> X11 doesn't work, which is very frustrating because this feels like > >> the first time I installed Slackware over 15 years ago. X brings me to > >> what looks like a really large console instead of an X11. I was able > >> to get this working in Linux without configuring (X -configure). > >> However, I still cannot get it to work after download a few different > >> xorg.conf's for the Thinkpad X200. > >> > >> The other problem, although minor, is not getting wireless to start at > >> boot with wpa_supplicant. > >> > >> I have to type the following after I get to the login prompt (and > >> login of course :): > >> # wpa_supplicant -B -i iwn0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > >> # dhcpcd iwn0 > >> > >> Then it works. I have the following in my /etc/rc.conf: > >> wscons=YES > >> dhcpcd=YES > >> dhcpcd_flags="-q -b" > >> wpa_supplicant=YES > >> wpa_supplicant_flags="-B -i iwn0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" > >> defaultroute="192.168.1.1" > >> hostname="quarry" > >> > >> So it seems like something is missing. Any thoughts on either? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -Anne > >> > >> -- > >> ///stripes/// - bengaltigerstripes%gmail.com@localhost > > > > -- > > Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox > 3.5 - > > sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser > > > > > > -- > ///stripes/// - bengaltigerstripes%gmail.com@localhost -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser
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