From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 20 15:31:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29826 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:31:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29739 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:31:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA15841; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:00:52 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA10386; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:00:51 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980321100051.57663@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:00:51 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Dogbert's Nephew" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 but no action References: <19980317180536.15799@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Dogbert's Nephew on Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 09:05:40AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 20 March 1998 at 9:05:40 -0500, Dogbert's Nephew wrote: > > Spike said: >> >> Try using the S3 server, I think you have an S3 card. >> > I DO have an S3 card so now I use the S3 server. > Only prolem is there is nothing but a mouse pointer and a background when > I run 'XF86_S3'. I can move the mouse around but clicking on the buttons > does nothing and there are not windows open intially. Any one have a > similar experience? If you need the details (files), let me know. You need a window manager. It's a long and involved business; you could start by reading the man page for, say, fvwm2, which is in the Ports Collection. You will probably find it also useful to get a copy of "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm), which describes things in some detail. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message