From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 19 15:08:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F401065697 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:08:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gua.chunglim@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D33B8FC12 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj12 with SMTP id 12so5909200iyj.13 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:08:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:x-operating-system; bh=knkWVq3R6xBpyyVF+wJuSPsURt4b1pI+mVCh9+VHW6A=; b=meavcZFcf5pr2vrIIF2+HeeJ2JftNNs9Faju3AJebYviy3S03bQBj5FG/xxtJaePLu Kpr8+IoDb9SEn5gBe3foIeqCOY3e15IlqMFdeu6e2YXMsrowILSDWS86WqniQEK7DC8Q CaqvvsebE3c3l8ZFRgmQrxmBFvZ70h89CB09w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:x-operating-system; b=pCdqgh2mzfCHx7deeRdLPYQPjXDgXjy2nmGzYGLlYHWnLpN4xlguTGw+zBR6/HA0PW d+froE3iZ05QjZho8zQTn93ruYIa6qiyUav6V7ZhkA2IP1NV0w1ytD481LOsxvGUY4rW p3QT/qDUlbPTGVPa8WEXu5A6QAgic8EQfUtdM= Received: by 10.43.65.75 with SMTP id xl11mr1106143icb.497.1300547288993; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:08:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com ([182.52.57.192]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id wo11sm2619862icb.20.2011.03.19.08.08.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:07:41 +0700 From: Gua Chung Lim To: Alexander Cox Message-ID: <20110319150741.GA1964@gmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Alexander Cox , freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <20110317134728.GA1417@gmail.com> <20110318064011.GA69484@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20110318154101.GA1847@gmail.com> <4D8407EF.7070604@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D8407EF.7070604@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE (i386) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 8.2R can't startx X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:08:09 -0000 > If startx gave three xterms, with no .xinitrc, you were probably seeing > twm (X's default wm). This means that the problem may not be xorg. If > you delete .xinitrc you should be greeted with these xterms again and be > able to move them etc. > You can try to delete your xorg.conf, that often gets me into a DE. Due > to HAL and the new versions of xorg trying to make config files useless, > an xorg.conf can sometimes stop xorg from running. I have not had an > xorg.conf in about two years. It sounds (and is) silly, but might work. > Make sure to backup your xorg.conf just in case. I tried mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf and ~/.xinitrc to something else. For future use, I don't remove them. Then issue startx, I see one login and two xterms (3 GUI panes) But after I brought back ~/.xinitrc (without /etc/X11/xorg.conf) to start KDE. The problem persists, only a small square box moving on black GUI screen. -- Gua Chung Lim Please help donate to Japan. -- for earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation reliefs (2011)