Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:41:00 -0700 (PDT) From: orig injun <originjun@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 5.2.1 / XFree86 4.3 .0 on Dell Inspiron 5000 Message-ID: <20041027174100.19762.qmail@web53408.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Hello, > > I am wondering if somebody can help me get X up and running on > my Dell Inspiron 5000 Laptop. > > After installing the OS and X, I generated XF86Config using > XFree86 -configure. I am attaching the file below. When I > run 'startx' with this configuration file in /etc/X11, the > machine just hangs. > > The console shows: > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "machinename:0" in "list" > command > > xauth: (stdin):2: bad display name "machinename:0" in "add" > command > > followed by XFree86 and FreeBSD version information > before it freezes. Nothing gets written to XFree86.0.log > > I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 Release #0 as downloaded from > freebsd.org. The XFree86 version that comes with this is > 4.3.0 released on 27 February 2003. The machine itself is > a 500Mhz PIII laptop with 256MB or RAM. Is X supposed to > work with this configuration. If so, could somebody tell > me what I am doing wrong or send me a good XF86Config > file. > > My only alternative would be to try Linux (Fedora 2 or > Gentoo) but I would much prefer to stick with FreeBSD > if I can. > > Thanks in Advance, > Anouk __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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