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> In-Reply-To: <0ML25U-1GYlyI3DiK-0007pN@mrelayeu.kundenserver.de> References: <0ML25U-1GYlyI3DiK-0007pN@mrelayeu.kundenserver.de>
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--==========86C41988D44EF254A6D3========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --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/ --==========86C41988D44EF254A6D3==========--
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