From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 17:38:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1CB216A4CE for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:38:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from dallypost.com (ns1.dallypost.com [12.160.224.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D7043D54 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:38:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lance@dallypost.com) Received: from dallypost.com (DallyPost [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by dallypost.com (8.12.8/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i0B2nr2O018932 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:49:53 -0700 Received: (from apache@localhost) by dallypost.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i0B2nrwm018930; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:49:53 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: dallypost.com: apache set sender to lance@dallypost.com using -f Received: from 66.82.160.1 (SquirrelMail authenticated user lance) by www.dallypost.com with HTTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:49:53 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <4554.66.82.160.1.1073789393.squirrel@www.dallypost.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:49:53 -0700 (MST) From: "Lance Earl" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: X problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: lance@dallypost.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:38:05 -0000 I am new to FreeBSD. I am giving it a hard look because I do not like the the direction that Red Hat is taking and I must find a replacement for my server, www.dallypost.com. My first install went pretty good but I have a few problems. 1. When I startx, x starts properly the first time. When I shut down x with ctrl/alt backspace, I get: waiting for X server to shut down xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0" xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0" If I attempt to restart x I get a flickering effect that makes the entire screen kind of sparkle. I installed FreeBSD with gnome, but it does not start when I startx. How can I make startx boot into gnome? Thank you for any help. Lance Earl DallyPost, Inc. 208-548-2721