Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:24:23 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: John or Judy Hixson <johnorjudy@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need Help Installing and Configuring Xorg Message-ID: <6B25F4E32F59B195428730A7@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <01E3114E-02B1-44A2-A6B6-E0AE93A95E9A@earthlink.net> References: <01E3114E-02B1-44A2-A6B6-E0AE93A95E9A@earthlink.net>
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--As of June 10, 2011 4:26:27 PM -0700, John or Judy Hixson is alleged to have said: > I'm having trouble getting Xorg to run on my just recently installed > FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE(i386) system. I'm trying to follow the procedures in > Sections 5.3 and 5.4 of the Handbook and can't seem to get "startx" to > fire up; I get a black screen when I try. Here's what I've done so far: --As for the rest, it is mine. Weird question: Have you installed xterm yet? Without a window manager configured, startx will try to open X with a single xterm window. (At least, as installed from ports, I believe.) I'm not sure what it would do if it couldn't find xterm, but a blank black screen sounds possible... If I'm right, Xorg is _running,_ you just haven't started any programs in it. Which you might be able to see if you ssh'd into the box. If so, you could kill Xorg and get your terminal back on your standard terminal. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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