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Date:      Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:10:01 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg -configure results a black screen
Message-ID:  <02F3ABBC14477D2E89D997C8@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
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--On October 14, 2006 6:02:38 PM +0200 Bjoern Thomsen=20
<bt@thomsen-it-solutions.de> wrote:
>
> I am new to FreeBSD. I am trying to configure Xorg but when I fire up =
the
> command
>
> "Xorg -configure" I get back a black screen.

What do you mean by this?  Do you mean that you don't see any text on the=20
console telling how to test it?  Or do you mean that, when you try to test =

it, you get a blank screen when X starts up?  By blank screen, do you mean =

black?  Or does it have a pattern?

>  When I try to start X it is
> telling me a failure message:
>
> "Can't open display" .
>
How are you tryint to start X?

When you run Xorg -configure, an xorg.conf.new file is created in /root/.=20
To run that you need to follow the instructions printed out on the screen=20
to use the conf file you just created.  Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new

If you want X to start using startx or xdm or some other window manager,=20
you first have to copy the newly-created xorg.conf.new file to=20
/etc/xorg.conf.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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