From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 02:40:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 656E116A4CF for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 02:40:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2ACD43D2F for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 02:39:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id v30so371966rnb for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:39:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.11.80 with SMTP id 80mr679479rnk; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:39:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.16 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:39:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:09:57 +0530 From: Subhro To: freebsd In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: cc: A W Subject: Re: problemo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Subhro List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 02:40:00 -0000 Make a file called .xinitrc in your home directory. The file would contain only "startkde" without the "s in the first line. Save and exit the file. Next start the X server using "startx" without the "s if you have installed the wrapper port or with "X" without the "s if you havent. You should be back in track. Regards S. On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 02:31:12 +0000, A W wrote: > Hi once again and very obviously i have ran into another problem. the > Xfree86 i installed KDE window manager or w/e. So i reboot after i login = and > type startkde in the command prompt it gives me > xet : unable to open display > xsetroot : unable to open display > startkde : starting up... > startkde : Running kpersonlizer > kwin : cannot connect to X server > kpersonlizer : cannot connect to X server > and the last message keeps on repeating but i no longer can type any > commands into it >=20 > then i tried Gnome and i typed "gnome-session" it gives me a message sayi= ng > (gnome-session:520) : Gtk-warning ** : cannot open display: >=20 > well what is certain is that my display is not working properly though i > could be corrected. I have tried almost every option that associates with > KDE and Gnome but i still can't tend to find what caused the problem. Ple= ase > help me >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN=AE Calendar keeps you organized and takes the effort out of schedulin= g > get-togethers. > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=3Den-ca&page=3Dbyoa/prem&xAPID=3D1994&DI=3D= 1034&SU=3Dhttp://hotmail.com/enca&HL=3DMarket_MSNIS_Taglines > Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN=AE Premium right now and get the > first two months FREE*. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 --=20 Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India