Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:53:40 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Herman Te <hermante@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X server crashes on exit Message-ID: <48DC5CC4.4000109@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <68efd1c70809251709r69e541d5nc321b9b554fdef1@mail.gmail.com> References: <68efd1c70809251709r69e541d5nc321b9b554fdef1@mail.gmail.com>
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Herman Te wrote: > Hi, > > I installed 7.0 from the CD with X. Now this is the first time I ever used > FreeBSD or X, I know a bit from linux but I usually use command line only. > So when the system finished installing I logged in and typed startx. First > time it took over 2 mins (is this normal) but eventually worked, and loaded > 3 green terminals and a small clock in the corner. I don't know what this is > and the mouse was not working so I tried to exit with the ctrl+alt+backspace > but screen went black and the entire system hung - I know this as my remote > session aborted and the keyboard led stopped responding too - still no > response after 30 mins. > > I realise that i need a window manager so I tried to install gnome from CD. > However it is the same problem and the system hung when I tried to quit back > to command line mode. After hours on google I found how to fix the mouse and > decide to try building fluxbox wm from the ports. Before starting the X, I > ran Xorg -configure and echo exec startfluxbox > .xinitrc. So now it starts > up properly and works well but still I cannot exit the X. This is a big > problem because the machine has no case so I must bend down and touch the > reset pins with a penknife :P Also as the disks are not unmounted there are > errors and one of the times my user account was deleted, so I had to > reinstall the whole system. > > As I said I have never configure or install an X windows system before, and > I was googling for ages. Could anyone give me some idea of how to diagnose > and fix this problem? > Thanks > Herman Have you looked at the logfiles? (/var/log/Xorg.$n.log) Kevin Kinsey -- Let your conscience be your guide. -- Pope
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