From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 16 05:05:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA05849 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 05:05:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA05836 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 05:04:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02103; Sat, 16 May 1998 13:04:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Message-ID: <355D80F0.CD6CC49D@tdx.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 13:05:04 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: - U L Y - CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring the X Window References: <355D6E44.4E62D0A5@portalinc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG - U L Y - wrote: > I type X and then the screen turns into grey with a big X > for a cursor inside the screen...and it just stays there for i don't > know how long... ( I tried leaving it for 2 hours and when i came back, > it is still there, no change in the screen, although the cursor can move > around freely,) > > What had happened? Is it the way i configured it or my devices don't > support the settings I gave them? Nope, it sounds like you set it up perfectly... You should start X-Windows by running 'startx', this runs a little script which starts the X-Server (the bit your looking at on your system at the moment), and also loads a couple of terminal windows - and more importantly starts a 'window manager' (the part of the X-System that handles any windows programs create etc.) Try running 'startx' - if that still gives the same result let me know... If it does give the same result try pressing both mouse buttons on the mouse and see if you can get any menus... Regards, Karl Pielorz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message