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> Teilhard Knight wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a P4 HT, and I cannot start X. Actually I
>> want to start KDE; the .xinitrc is in place, but I couldn't start it 
>> before
>> I wrote it, either. As I cannot copy and paste, I do not give you my 
>> xorg.conf
>> file, but I need the i810 driver for a Realtek A'67 integrated sound 
>> device
>> whose chip apparently is Intel.
>>
>
> Hrm, isn't i810 the integrated video?


Oh, yes, I am sorry. Don't know how I could mess things.


>> Upon startx, I get in the end:
>>
>> (==) Using config file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>> [drm] failed to load kernel module "i915"
>> (EE) I810(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
>> start: not found.
>>
>
> This looks suspiciously like a misconfiguration.  Is the word
> "start" by itself in your .xinitrc, by chance?


Yes, I didn't know it couldn't be used. I replaced my .xinitrc file to 
contain 'exec startkde', and all is well now.

Thanks so much for your feedback.

Teilhard.