From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Apr 13 15:28:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.a2000.nl (duck.a2000.nl [62.108.1.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ECAB37B423 for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:28:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bliekp@cable.a2000.nl) Received: from node1475b.a2000.nl ([24.132.71.91] helo=sisters.cable.a2000.nl) by smtp2.a2000.nl with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #4) id 14oC3d-0003cy-00; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:28:49 +0200 Message-Id: <5.1.0.12.0.20010414002756.009f1d20@mail.a2000.nl> X-Sender: pbliek00@mail.a2000.nl X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.0.12 (Beta) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:28:38 +0200 To: "Jeff Miller" , From: Pim Bliek Subject: Re: problem configuring X In-Reply-To: <002c01c0c468$c94d1990$1202a8c0@domainbank.com> References: <5.1.0.12.0.20010413234242.009f6890@mail.a2000.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jeff, No, I'm running this as root. Pim P.S. but thanx anyway for the tip to this wrapper, sounds good ;-) At 06:26 PM 4/13/01 -0400, Jeff Miller wrote: >Are you trying to do this as a non-root user? If that is the case, sounds >like a permissions problem. You need to install the wrapper for X. I >believe thats in /usr/ports/x11/wrapper That allows non-root to run X. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pim Bliek" >To: >Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 5:47 PM >Subject: problem configuring X > > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm quite new to FreeBSD. Actually, I'm just using it for a couple of >days. > > After years of Linux I decided I needed a real fast and secure system... > > > > Currently I'm trying to setup X on a Sis 6326 chipset on an old SVGA > > monitor using FreeBSD 4.2 (full install). Somehow it doesn't work. I used > > xf86config (because XF86Config didn't work, it couldn't start the default >X > > server....) to configure. I did this loads of times in my life but somehow > > now it doesn't work. > > > > When I try to start X (using startx) I get: > > > > > > > > (--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 39.56 kHz. Deleted. > > (--) SVGA: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 48.00 kHz. Deleted. > > (**) FontPath set to > > >"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/us >r/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/ >X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > > > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted) > > > > > > > > > > If needed I can send more details of my system. (f.i. the compelte X >output) > > > > Regards, > > > > Pim Bliek > > bliekp@cable.a2000.nl > > > > BSD Newbie ;-) > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message