From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 29 14:17:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13E4716A41F for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:17:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joji@eskimo.com) Received: from ultra5.eskimo.com (ultra5.eskimo.com [204.122.16.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACDAB43D53 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:17:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joji@eskimo.com) Received: from eskimo.com (joji@eskimo.com [204.122.16.13]) by ultra5.eskimo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8TEGtJ7013041; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:17:10 -0700 Received: (from joji@localhost) by eskimo.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id HAA19015; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:16:51 -0700 From: Joseph Olatt To: Brian Message-ID: <20050929071651.A18731@eskimo.com> References: <20050929071850.20870.qmail@web32811.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20050929071850.20870.qmail@web32811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>; from kansascity_guy2005@yahoo.com on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 12:18:50AM -0700 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xsetroot: Unable to open display" xset: Unable to open display" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:17:13 -0000 On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 12:18:50AM -0700, Brian wrote: > I insatlled FreeBSD 6.0 BETA 5 with Xwindows the newst X.org and Server with KDE 3. Whne I goto Command line and do this # exec startxkde I get this xsetroot: Unable to open display" xset: Unable to open display" and cannot connect to X-Server what is thet matter. I have The IBM ThinkPad T43 ATI moble 300. > Try the following: 1. In your home directory create a file called ".xinitrc" 2. In ".xinitrc" place the following line: exec startkde 3. Save and close the file and then go to the command line and type "startx" Note: It is not a good idea to be running as "root". Create an account for yourself and log in using that account. Switch user to root whenever you need to using "su" (see: man su) > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"