From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 8 4:17:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from siafu.iconnect.co.ke (upagraha.iconnect.co.ke [209.198.248.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9837337B423 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 04:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vedette by siafu.iconnect.co.ke with local (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13XM99-0009I8-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:16:39 +0300 Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:16:39 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20000908141639.D22458@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <00d501c018fa$7d29b5b0$6a97d9c2@southend.demon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <00d501c018fa$7d29b5b0$6a97d9c2@southend.demon.net>; from Robin on Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 07:36:08PM +0100 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Accept-Language: en fr X-Editor: Pico http://www.washington.edu/pine X-Location: Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa X-Uptime: 2:13PM up 11 days, 3:03, 7 users, load averages: 0.25, 0.36, 0.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoting Robin : [000907 21:35]: Robin> Robin>I am trying to configure freebsd4.1 and having severe problems when trying Robin>to configure x server it goes through its usual process and then at the end Robin>after it goes into graphics mode all I get is a blank screen with a big Robin>black bar at the left hand side of the screen that I am able to move along Robin>by pressing tab? Robin>the screen just stays at this until I do ctrl,alt,and backspace and have to Robin>configure it all over again. You might need to install a Window Manager, like afterstep or enlightenmemt......from the ports.... After that you'll have to make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path. For enlightenment, you can simply invoke enlightenment from the prompt..after that it should load with your X. I am not sure I helped you out.... you might need to let us know what X Servers you've installed.... -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Systems Administrator Inter-Connect Ltd. 3rd Flr The Chancery Valley Rd PO Box 39519 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: 254 2 711140 Fax: 254 2 718418 Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -E. M. Forster To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message