Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:46:15 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> To: Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XF86Setup Message-ID: <19990517084615.B388@fisicc-ufm.edu> In-Reply-To: <199905151655.SAA12139@maskin.ettnet.se>; from Thomas Widlundh on Sat, May 15, 1999 at 04:52:52PM %2B0000 References: <199905151655.SAA12139@maskin.ettnet.se>
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[format recovered: see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 04:52:52PM +0000, Thomas Widlundh wrote: > Hi, > Another question from i dump middleage person.... > My xserver is not very willing to start after config (/stand/sysconfig > Post-install-X) > The config.prog. is trying to start x but leaves me the message > "Unable to start xserver". Then I'm supposed > to click OK to start the config al over again, and all computer seaces > function. I have to reboot it > Trying to start with "startx" is resulting in an error 635 (or something). > And I have all the xservers installed. Earlier I had both RedHat and > Caldera installed, and there where > no problem with X. > I've choosen no extrem config, just an ordinary VGA with an ordinary > cirrus 5434 and a standard VGA > monitor. I would try to run XF86Setup (it's in /usr/X11R6/bin) and do the configure from there. It's supposed to work from /stand/sysinstall, but i've always done it from XF86Setup and it's always worked so it's worth a try. > > My questions is: > Must the xserver have a desktop like fvwm or kde to start? > Is it possibly like I'm short of links between X and xserver somewhere? > Is there any desktop env. installed at all from the FreeBSD CD-ROM 3.1, > or is this something I have > to install afterwards? > in 3.1 it's something you install afterwards. go to /usr/ports/x11-wm and you'll see a bunch of subdirectories for window managers. I think in 3.2 as part of the install process you're asked which window manager you'd like to install, but i'm not so sure about this. > This isn't easy You know. Reading hundreds of mans and Howtos in a > foreign language just to > snap a little deail. And with "vi" wich force me to struggle through > html-tags. use lynx (/usr/ports/www/lynx). it's a handy text-oriented browser... regards, -Oscar -- For PGP Public Key: finger obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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