From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 16 10:44:47 2004 Return-Path: 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 A246916A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:44:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out-mx1.crosswinds.net (out-mx1.crosswinds.net [216.18.117.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65DB143D49 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:44:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from teilhk@crosswinds.net) Received: from member-mx1.crosswinds.net (member-mx1.crosswinds.net [216.18.117.43]) by out-mx1.crosswinds.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D49F42D248; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 06:44:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fortunato (dsl-200-95-25-209.prod-infinitum.com.mx [200.95.25.209]) by member-mx1.crosswinds.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 4782F82B67; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 06:44:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <003901c46b21$e897c5d0$220110ac@fortunato> From: "Teilhard Knight" To: "epilogue" References: <00dd01c46960$2cbcbcc0$220110ac@fortunato> <20040714013946.32b7afd3@localhost> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 05:44:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: KDE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:44:47 -0000 > On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:05:24 -0500 > "Teilhard Knight" wrote: > > > Hello: > > > > I just installed FreeBSD 4.10, and everything went all right. I typed: > > "startx", and I could enter KDE and do some tweakings. Then I shut down > > and rebooted, and something happened I cannot enter KDE, nor as a root or > > as a user anymore. I get the message: > > do you have any clue about what 'tweakings' you might have done? did you > touch /etc/ttys or the 'kern_securelevel' settings in /etc/rc.conf? making > certain changes to either of these can seriously hamper your ability to use > X. No, I didn't touch those files. Actually I guess I used the word "tweaking" in the wrong way. I only did things like selecting desktop mat, registering my root password, setting myself as a user, etc. (install didn't do it in the end). > > "X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)" > > though it sounds as though X was working, another possibility is that your > XF86Config is misconfigured, thus broken. how did you set-up X? during > the install or after with xf86config? During install. I used /stand/sysinstall only when X was broken, but X was already installed. > please check/var/log/XFree86.0.log for error messages. i'm pretty sure > that you'll see something that will point you in the right direction. > > if you think that it is X that is 'broken', please have another look at the > handbook section on X: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html > > if you think that it was one of your 'tweaks', please let us know what you > did, so that we can help you undo it. Actually, I have installed again, and now everything is all right. I could have tryied to fix the problem as a challenge, but I felt I am too newbie for that. That is, it was too much for me. > > Does it mean I'll have to re-install? > > almost certainly not. we just need to figure out what happened. I very much appreciate your feedback; I am grateful for that. Cordially, Teilhard.