Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:35:31 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "johnderk@infoserve.net" <johnderk@infoserve.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: It's right in front of you dude 8o) Message-ID: <199808211130.HAA26314@emi.net>
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Config Error: /etc/XF86Config:317
VertRefresh (null)
^^^^^^^
Vertical refresh value expected
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
This means you haven't properly configured your X configuration file. Run xf86config again or the /stand/sysinstall (go to
Configure, XFree86, it has three options at that point, option 3 is only for PC98 machines, option 1 is a GUI type program
and option 2 is a command line type interface). You need to tell xf86config what king of monitor you have and what it's
horizontal and vertical specifications are. This is discussed in "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg and the handbook on
your newly installed system (the handbook is in /usr/share/doc/handbook as handbook.html and you can use lynx to
view it, if lynx doesn't exist on your system, build it (make) and install it (make install) in /usr/ports/www/lynx)
For anyone brand new to FreeBSD, let me suggest that you spend the money buying "The Complete FreeBSD", which
comes with four CDs packed with software and contains the info most people will need to install and configure their initial
FreeBSD system. Then buy "UNIX System Administration Handbook" and a basic Unix tutorial book like one of the ones
by Sobell, and/or "Unix Power Tools".
I know that it's tempting to just do everything the "free" way, but it's really not free. You are passing off the cost of your
learning to the user community at large. These forums (mailing lists) should be devoted to solving problems not already
addressed by the existing documentation.
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