On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM, PJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex Deucher wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:10 AM, PJ <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> PJ wrote: >>> >>>> Somehow, the web does show there are problems setting up flat panels but >>>> I have found no solutions. >>>> FreeBSD 7.2, Xorg 1.6 something - it's the latest for FBSD, driver is nv >>>> (Nvidia) FX5600, the monitor is LG W2361. >>>> I cannot find any errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log >>>> # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new >>>> produces only a black screen regardless of what mouse I may be using - >>>> the mouse setup is always "auto" and "sysmouse" - the log shows >>>> "Silkenmouse" enabled (At the moment it is an IBM usb with button (cute >>>> blue) :-) >>>> the keyboard - same stuff: specify an "us,ca" keyboard or leave it as >>>> default... >>>> Same for the mode of the monitor same non-functionality as DVI or as >>>> DSUB - digital or analog. >>>> "AllowEmptyInput" "off" only prevents getting out of the test mode - >>>> even ctl/Alt/Del does not respond. >>>> The log shows that the monitor is being detected correctly; the >>>> parameters for the monitor are displayed correctly... but there is no >>>> mouse, no keyboard, no image >>>> "DontZap" has no discernible effect. >>>> hal is on >>>> I have no problems with Xorg on this machine or another with analog >>>> monitors. All work just fine. >>>> Xorg just plain refuses to start... yet the monitor works fine on XP as >>>> digital or analog and works in dual mode with another analog monitor. >>>> And, yes I did read the manual and did try various options suggested on >>>> the web.... >>>> So what's the story here? >>>> I tried to avoid bothering the list, but this is getting a little >>>> ridiculous. >>>> Oh, yes, at one point when shutting down with ctl/alt/del there was a >>>> very clear X in the middle of the screen - but it would not move and >>>> then the machine rebooted. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> xorg mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg >>>> >>>> >>> I see no one seems to know anything about flat panels on Xorg. >>> >>> Well, I did get it up and running, but no thanks to any information in >>> either the xorg or freebsd manuals... >>> >>> I accidentally ran startx and to my great surprise the screen came up >>> with fluxbox and did work, albeit very sporadically... it kept going >>> black and sort-of flickered. >>> I shutdown and checked the log and lo and behold, the configuration file >>> was one I had forgotten about that came from another computer from where >>> the current disk was cloned. >>> So, with a little tweaking, the thing now works - but the what and the >>> why excape me completely. >>> The configurations does not need any parameters for horiz or vertical >>> scanning - only the screen depth and monitor size. I guess the name of >>> the manufacturer and the model are irrelevant. Oh yes, the >>> AllowEmptyInput had to be "off" ; �the DontZap was also "off" >>> Setting the FlatPanel settings (3 of them) to "True" does not seem to >>> make any difference whether they are T of F. >>> So, although it now works, configuration is still a total mystery. >>> Does anyone understand just what is going on or are we just groping in >>> the dark along with our blind leaders? >>> >> >> Most drivers get the modes out of the edid provided by the monitor. >> Digital monitors tend to be very picky about the timing they get, so >> if the mode info you were providing was different than that preferred >> modes in the edid, that would explain the problems. >> > Actually, I did provide timing that was supposed to be supported > according to what was probed by FreeBSD or was it Xorg... > > But this does not explain why hal did not function correctly... as far > as I can see, hal is a piece of crap. It has never fuctioned on any of > my installations, and there have been several. I really am offended for > being taken as a guinea pig for some greenhorn programmers who don't > have common sense. So far, it looks like the only way to get things > running with Xorg is by "blind man's bluff" - grope and poke and hope > something works. > >
HAL doesn't do anything WRT to the video driver. Your best bet is to not use a config file and to let the driver probe the hardware directly. User intervention generally causes problems as was the case in your situation. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
