Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:16:51 -0700 From: Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> To: Brian <kansascity_guy2005@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xsetroot: Unable to open display" xset: Unable to open display" Message-ID: <20050929071651.A18731@eskimo.com> 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 References: <20050929071850.20870.qmail@web32811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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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"
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