From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 30 06:34:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA09745 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:34:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from send1b.yahoomail.com (send1b.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA09733 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:33:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jservice@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <19980130143314.3222.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Received: from [192.75.134.6] by send1b; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:33:14 PST Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 06:33:14 -0800 (PST) From: James R R Service Reply-To: jservice@oht.hydro.on.ca Subject: Re: I can't get X Windows to run! To: mercury@tir.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" > 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 > # > 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Internet: jservice@yahoo.com jservice@oht.hydro.on.ca FAX: (416) 207-6954 _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com