Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:34:42 EDT From: "stan deese" <eseed1st@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: xwindows Message-ID: <F510OUIHNkjgJKVApwO0000360f@hotmail.com>
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OK guys I have dl'd the entire 4.1 release, made the image disks, and installed the system in every way I can figure out. I have read until my eyes bleed. These are my problems. First, after the install, (std,compact,custom) I get hda1 write timeout 5 times, until the sys defaults to pio mode. I assigned a dedicated 8 gig disk. My conflicts in install are all in the network area, which I do not need. So I remove them before install. But that ain't the main problem. I have yet to get ANY gui to start. not with startx or xconsole. All I have attained so far is a grey screen with a vertical black bar to the left side. Mouse movement tracks another vertical black line across the screen. That is with the std install. IF I do anything in the custom install or configuration, when I issue startx I get x11 unix console(or something like that) can't connect error=2. My question is, is there something I'm missing? Or does my own stupidididty preclude my ability to use unix? I worked with a dec pdp11 back in the 80's, and I seemed able then! But now, at 52 I wonder if the brain is able to understand ls & grp. Any help appreciated. Tks, Stan _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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