[talk] X11 setup, basic question

[Isaac (.ike) Levy]

Hi All,

So I fixed it!  Was missing a package:

xf86-video-intel-2.99.917.20170228 Driver for Intel integrated graphics
chipsets

I'm at a loss as to how it dissappeared, (or if it was even installed in
the first place).

Anyhow, suspend/resume back to working, screen lights back up and dims,
orignal xorg.conf working again, everything fine.

--
Now a better question: X11 - will any open source replacement emerge in
our lifetime?  I mean like a total replacement.

I got pretty comfy/lazy with Macs over the years, and X still causes me
grief.  As a user, OpenBSD X11 was far less prone to total-meltdown, and
far better documented and cleaned up- but still X.

Best,
.ike



On 04/14/17 18:49, Isaac (.ike) Levy wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> ---------
> WONDERFUL
>
> FreeBSD REL on a Lenovo X230, had X11 working GREAT.  Suspend/resume
> working great, (using devd to trigger 'acpiconf -s 3' on lid close, [was
> never working when twiddling hw.acpi.lid_switch_state]).
>
> Been working like a champ for a couple months, enjoying really living
> with ZFS on my laptop for the first time ever.  Like almost enjoying
> this as much as I enjoyed OpenBSD on this rig.
>
> -------
> PROBLEM
>
> I ran freebsd-update and complete pkg upgrades today, (last time was
> 2weeks ago) and all went to hell.
>
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD ...11.0-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p9 #0: Tue Apr 11
> 08:48:40 UTC 2017    
> root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>
> List of broken bits:
> - x11 would not light (using xfce)
>   - display 0 issue, completely removed old /etc/xorg.conf and x11 lit
> - x11 will not exit, just goes to a blue screen and freezes
> - lenovo fn keys like brightness no longer work,
>   (xbacklight also throwing error "No outputs have backlight property")
> - suspend/resume no longer lights the display, but appear to wake the system
>   (I haven't seen that problem in some time)
>
> ---------
> QUESTIONS
>
> Tabula rasa, I feel starting from scratch with X is in order.
> Has anyone seen any good tutorials covering setup of lenovo laptops
> using FreeBSD?  (Modern stuff, not old 8.x/9.x era stuff- which there is
> plenty of online...)
>
> Or, does anyone have any pointers on how I could have screwed up here? 
> (e.g. I could have missed some critical message during my updates, but I
> have no idea where I missed it?!)
>
> Any thoughts or notes much appreciated- it's a real bummer to hoze one's
> laptop...
>
> Best,
> .ike
>
>
>
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