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Date:      Fri, 03 May 2002 06:30:17 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        "J.J.Rijpkema" <jeff.rijpkema@planet.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X11 Problem
Message-ID:  <3CD290E9.3000801@owt.com>
References:  <000001c1f29f$5199f290$9600000a@pluto>

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J.J.Rijpkema wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I am a Newbie to BSD and I have a problem configuring the X11.
> 
> First I installed FreeBSD without any problem, but when I want to 
> configure X11, I constantly get the message that the X Server can?t start.
> 
> I have read the chapter about Configuring X, it says that (a different 
> way than using /stand/sysinstall) you can configure X if you type
> 
> XFree86 ?configure, it than makes a new XF86Config.new file to edit.
> 
> But when I do this, my monitor goes black and than turns off for about 
> 10 sec. and than it switches on again, but than I can?t see anything
> 
> it just turns on.
> 
> After I reboot (with ctrl+alt+del or the power button), I do have the 
> file XF86Config.new that should be created, nothing wrong about that, but I
> 
> still can?t start X with startx because than I get the same thing as 
> when I create the XF86Config.new file.


I had problems getting KDE to start up after installing 4.2. What I 
found was that you needed to get rid of /etc/XF86Config. It is for 
XFree86-3.3.6. Then, I had to run "xf86cfg to finish the 
configuration. The new XF86Config is located in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11.

Kent


> 
>  
> 
> I have a Intel 810e chipset, and I have read that XFree86 4.X supports 
> these chips.
> 
> I also read that if you want to configure the XF86Config file for these 
> chips that you have to load the agp.ko module into the kernel to use agpgart
> 
> I have done this by adding the line agp_load=?YES? to the 
> /boot/loader.conf file, they said it than loads the module at booting.
> 
> I also created the AGP device node in the /dev directory with sh MAKEDEV 
> agpgart, but with all these changes, I still can?t configure or get the X
> 
> server starting.
> 
>  
> 
> I don?t know if I am doing something wrong or missing something, but 
> when I do I hope you guys can help me with this, because for so far I 
> like BSD
> 
> and would like to learn much more of it.
> 
>  
> 
> Greetings
> 
> J.J. Rijpkema
> 
>  
> 


-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html


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