From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 15 02:15:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA12136 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 15 Jun 1996 02:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line13.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.128]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA12120 for ; Sat, 15 Jun 1996 02:15:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA01194; Sat, 15 Jun 1996 02:14:51 -0700 Message-Id: <199606150914.CAA01194@gdi.uoregon.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: gdi.uoregon.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: b97001 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: info about installing XWindows In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 14 Jun 1996 18:16:50 PDT." <31C20F02.5C18@lums.edu.pk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 02:14:50 -0700 From: Doug White Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -------- > I have a 486 DX2/66 machine with 8MB RAM, which has 2.0.5 running on it. I want to install > XWindows on it but cannot configure the system. The XServer runs, but there seems to be a problem > with the display because the window never appears. Can you help me with the configuration of the > system or identifying what the exact problem could be? Not with this little information. What video card? Any syslog entries? Anything displayed to the screen? Anything in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major