Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 19:14:31 +1000 From: "Gary and El Byrnes" <elgaz@iprimus.com.au> To: "Eduardo Viruena Silva" <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Window problem Message-ID: <004e01c313af$e7856730$0137a8c0@rooter> References: <001c01c313aa$0e3d1cc0$0137a8c0@rooter> <20030506033808.V61692@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx>
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Hi Eduardo Thank you very much for your response.=20 I have started the process you mentioned. I have gone through step one = fine. I got to the point where I edited the /etc/ttys file back to what it = was. When I tried saving it, I got a message that the file is read-only = and use ! to override. What can I do now? Thanks a lot. Elvira ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Eduardo Viruena Silva=20 To: Gary and El Byrnes=20 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 6:56 PM Subject: Re: X Window problem On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote: > Hi Everybody > > I am new to FreeBSD. Just intalled v 5.0. > > I went into /etc/ttys and changed "xterm on secure" to have graphics = and > having a problem after that. The GUI wouldn't come up. The screen = keeps > coming to a dark blue with a mouse cursor cross on it then = disappears. > How can I fix this please? 1) go single user: reboot your computer [if it is still on, press ctrl-alt-del] when freebsd boots a countdown starts from 9 to 0, before it reaches 0, press "space" type: boot -s your computer will boot but it will stop asking for a shell and suggesting: /bin/sh [press enter]. type mount -a swapon -a 2) fix the problem: now, edit /etc/ttys and restore "off" in the line containing xterm. save this file reboot your computer by typing: reboot or press control-d. you must be sure that you have correctly configuring X before changing the line containing "xterm" in /etc/ttys. 3) configure X To configure X you can try: X -configure it will try to find out which your graphic environtment could be, and will write a file: XF86Config.new with the resulting = configuration. Try: X -xf86config ./XF86Config.new to test your configuration and, if it fits to your graphical = environment, you will see a gray screen and you will be able to move your mouse = cursor. Press Ctrl-Alt-BACKSPACE to leave this graphic screen and copy this = file to /etc/X11/ directory with the name XF86Config: cp ./XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config if the configuration you get does not fit to your graphical = environment, try to find out what graphic card, monitor, mouse, keybard you have = and try xf86cfg -textmode 4) xdm Once you have a functional configuration for your graphical = environment, then and only then you can change the line you changed. > > I have a flatscreen monitor and I am not too sure what video card I = have > - some cheapie. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > Elvira > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > - ______ _ * / /###\ / \ __ /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ =3D .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | = /\_\/ =3D \_| * \___\###/ * = \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ =3D \______/ _ | |
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