From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 14 17:10:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 1D33816A403 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A770B43D46 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:10:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (adsl-68-93-60-118.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [68.93.60.118]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 161D0114307 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:11:20 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:10:01 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <02F3ABBC14477D2E89D997C8@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <0ML25U-1GYlyI3DiK-0007pN@mrelayeu.kundenserver.de> References: <0ML25U-1GYlyI3DiK-0007pN@mrelayeu.kundenserver.de> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.5 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========86C41988D44EF254A6D3==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Xorg -configure results a black screen 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: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:10:07 -0000 --==========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 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==========--