Hi Martijn,
 Once someone told me to insert the following line at /usr/pkg/etc/xorg/xdm/Xservers:

 :0 local /usr/pkg/xorg/bin/X vt05 -nolisten tcp

 For me it worked. 

 Paulo

 
On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:03:30 +0000 (UTC)
Martijn van Buul <martijnb@atlas.ipv6.stack.nl> wrote:

> Hiya.
> 
> Considering that x11/xorg-server once again builds for amd64, I wanted to
> finally make the switch. I nuked /usr/X11R6, removed all packages which
> relate to X11, and installed meta-pkgs/xorg. So far, so good, but I haven't
> been able to actually *use* it...
> 
> First of all, xorgcfg isn't working. It starts up an X server, but that's
> about it. The expected configuration program isn't there. If I install the
> generated xorg.conf.new into /etc/X11 (and modify it to suit my needs), I can
> start an X server - but once again, that's about it. Trying to start [xkg]dm
> all result in [xkg]dm starting an Xserver, and bailing out with similiar
> errors:
> 
> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
>   Value in failed request:  0x20
>   Serial number of failed request:  35
>   Current serial number in output stream:  43
> 
> If I start an Xserver using startx, I get similiar errors:
> 
> [...]
> 
> (WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
> /usr/pkg/xorg/bin/twm:  another window manager is already running. on screen 0?
> /usr/pkg/xorg/bin/twm:  unable to find any unmanaged video screens.
> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
>   Value in failed request:  0x20
>   Serial number of failed request:  35
>   Current serial number in output stream:  43
> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
>   Value in failed request:  0x20
>   Serial number of failed request:  35
>   Current serial number in output stream:  43
> waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/pkg/xorg/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
> 
> However, there *is* no other window manager running. Using different window
> managers didn't quite help - they all claim another windowmanager is already
> running, and bail out. 
> 
> I obviously must've done something wrong, but I'm a bit at a loss. I've been
> switching back and forth from xorg to XFree86 on various occasions; I thought
> I knew most of the pitfalls, but apperently not.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Martijn
> 
>