From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 14 20:29:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA23663 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:29:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA23654 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:29:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA03892; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:58:57 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA00622; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:58:56 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981015125856.C503@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:58:56 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: BEAUPRE Antoine , "Gravel, Emmanuel (AZ77)" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Problems with the X server References: <417E587B9C99D111A1010000F803B7CE4DD84A@az77-revere.bcasd.az.honeywell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from BEAUPRE Antoine on Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 09:53:47PM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday, 14 October 1998 at 21:53:47 -0400, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Gravel, Emmanuel (AZ77) wrote: > >> I have recently installed FreeBSD 2.2.7 using a custom install. >> I installed anything that seemed relevant for X (installing only >> the necessary servers, i.e. the SVGA, ATI and one last one, >> plus KDE for the windowmanager). When doing the setup >> of XFree86 (using the GUI), at the end, when it attempts starting >> the server, all I get is a blank screen and nothing more. The >> error message I get from the setup program (after a CTRL-ALT- >> BACKSPC) is that the server is running on an other (or an >> invalid) virtual terminal. When attempting to run it using >> startx (I have a .xinint file in my home dir containing startkde) > > Some little thing(s?): > 1- The .xinitrc must be a shell script, i.e. the first line must be > something like: > #! /bin/sh Well, I've been getting by quite nicely without this entry in my .xinitrc for over 8 years now. > 2- The .xinitrc file must be executable (chmod u+x .xinitrc). And it's not executable.. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message