Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:33:14 -0800 (PST) From: James R R Service <jservice@yahoo.com> To: mercury@tir.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I can't get X Windows to run! Message-ID: <19980130143314.3222.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com>
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> Hello, I can not seem to get X Windows to run. I have ran XF86Setup
and =
> got it all configured. When I try to run startx or xinit it doesn't
do =
> anything! It just skips down a line to a blank prompt, like this:
> # startx <enter>
> #
> That is all it does!
One problem (at least up to v2.2.2) is that XF86Config will set up the
X server OK. However, the "default" kernel does not have shared
memory support
required to *run* X11. That is, the following needs to be added to
/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and the kernel rebuilt.
#
# These three options provide support for System V Interface
# Definition-style interprocess communication, in the form of shared
# memory, semaphores, and message queues, respectively.
#
options SYSVSHM
options SYSVSEM
options SYSVMSG
In any case, have a look in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors to see
what
may have gone wrong.
> Also, I run Windows95 and FreeBSD on the same
> machine. How do I get files from FreeBSD to Windows95?
Either look up "man 8 mount_msdos" or use the mtools port/package.
--Jim
==
James R.R. Service
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