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Date:      Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:49:53 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Lance Earl" <lance@dallypost.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   X problems
Message-ID:  <4554.66.82.160.1.1073789393.squirrel@www.dallypost.com>

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I am new to FreeBSD. I am giving it a hard look because I do not like the
the direction that Red Hat is taking and I must find a replacement for my
server, www.dallypost.com.

My first install went pretty good but I have a few problems.

1. When I startx, x starts properly the first time. When I shut down x
with ctrl/alt backspace, I get:  waiting for X server to shut down xterm:
fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0" If
I attempt to restart x I get a flickering effect that makes the entire
screen kind of sparkle.

I installed FreeBSD with gnome, but it does not start when I startx. How
can I make startx boot into gnome?

Thank you for any help.

Lance Earl
DallyPost, Inc.
208-548-2721



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