From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 30 15:43:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA21351 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:43:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA21345 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:43:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id KAA03915; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:13:19 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971031101318.44136@lemis.com> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:13:18 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: sporkl@dti.net Cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: X References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from sporkl on Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 05:50:59PM +0000 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 05:50:59PM +0000, sporkl wrote: > M'poor X server.... > > I followed instructions, set my Hsync rate to 30-36 Khz and > attempted to run startx. No you didn't. > It caused a fatal server error because it could not write to ttyvc, > which is what it did before I figured out "X vtxx". I wrote yesterday: >> I don't have a ttyvc. > > Precisely. > >> As far as I can tell, it wants a thirteenth virtual terminal for my >> twelve. I only have twelve function keys, and when I tried to >> configure my kernel to accept thirteen virtual terminals it killed >> all my ttyv* and I had to rebuild the kernel again. I am currently >> reading all the X docs i can find on my system, and the Complete >> FreeBSD X sections. Please send help! > > X needs a terminal to open the display on. Obviously all of yours > have gettys on them, so ttyvc would be the first that it could use. > Modify /etc/ttys to change this line: > > ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure > > You'll have this set to 'on' in your machine; that's all you need to > change. Then send a SIGHUP to init: > > # kill -1 1 > > After that, you should be in business. Your X server will be under > F10. You obviously haven't followed the instructions. > I tried "startx vt1", but it still came up with the same error. I > need a way to direct startx to the terminal I am using. No you don't. > I don't know if the sync rate has been fixed, as I have not been > able to run the server. So, how do I set the virtual terminal on > startup? I RTFMed startx, but it doesn't say. Should I just try > running "X vt1"? Thank you. No. Follow the instructions. Greg