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Date:      Wed, 17 May 2006 10:41:52 -0400
From:      "Joshua Larkin" <jlarkin@norwich.edu>
To:        "'Derek Ragona'" <derek@computinginnovations.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Nubie can't connect to X-Server
Message-ID:  <000d01c679c0$097322a0$d007020a@norwich.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060517081609.026aadc8@mail.computinginnovations.com>

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Thanks for the help, I'll try it when I get home from work tonight. - =
Josh
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From: Derek Ragona [mailto:derek@computinginnovations.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:18 AM
To: Joshua Larkin; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Nubie can't connect to X-Server


Assuming you loaded all the X stuff and servers, first run either:
xorgcfg
or
xorgconfig

Both are in
/usr/X11R6/bin

        -Derek


At 08:07 AM 5/17/2006, Joshua Larkin wrote:


Hello,
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I'm a newbie trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on a Dell Inspiron 3800 =
laptop.
I've been reading along in The Complete FreeBSD as I did the install but =
had
a problem when it came to the "Configuring X" section. Mainly, on the =
Post
Install Configuration menu, there is no option to configure XFree86? =
After
searching, I booted up my machine and got to a prompt, however, when I
"startkde," I get a constantly scrolling message that reads "Cannot =
connect
to the X server." Any suggestions? Thanks everyone for your help.
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-Josh
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