Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 14:01:54 -0400 From: "Naomi Fernandez" <naomi.fernandez@sympatico.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Trouble with XFree86 Configuration Message-ID: <NHBBJEJOKLFKIEFKGELBAEFJCEAA.naomi.fernandez@sympatico.ca>
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"Hi! I'm having a devil of a time trying to configure XFree86 Server and Desktop in FreeBSD 5.3. I was running FreeBSD 4.9 just fine complete with Gnome2. Yesterday, I installed (from scratch) FreeBSD 5.3 on the same machine. The installation went fine and the machine booted perfectly. When I "sysinstall" to do a "Post-Installation Configuration", I don't get the option to "Configure the XFree86 Server" or Desktop. So I never get the chance to configure my monitor or video card or choose Gnome2 as my GUI. When I "startx" as root, I get this really clunky lo-res screen with three windows on it. When I exit that and go back to the prompt, I get a message saying "fbdev does not exist". I've reinstalled about half a dozen times and it's always the same. Can you please advise me of why I can't get to the point of configuring my monitor and card and then select Gnome2 as my GUI? I selected “X-user” when I did the install. As I mentioned above, all worked perfectly under FreeBSD 4.9. If there is any another information that I can provide, please let me know. Thanks in advance, Lawrence
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