From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 26 03:53:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 281C8106569D for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:53:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E498FC1C for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:53:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m8Q3ruq7027733; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:53:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kH+uYde+9hnq; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:53:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m8Q3rj76027721; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:53:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <48DC5CC4.4000109@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:53:40 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Herman Te References: <68efd1c70809251709r69e541d5nc321b9b554fdef1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <68efd1c70809251709r69e541d5nc321b9b554fdef1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X server crashes on exit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:53:59 -0000 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