From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 27 19:46:58 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA09834 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 19:46:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line13.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.128]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA09828 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 19:46:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA00252; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 19:45:58 -0800 Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 19:45:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: System Administrator cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X won't run, why? In-Reply-To: <199512272323.QAA00467@oddis.cyber-naut.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 27 Dec 1995, System Administrator wrote: > I just got done installing X-windows on my new computer, but it won't run. I assume this is a FreeBSD 2.1 box. > I start X by typing "xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc" > > It starts to load, then it gives me this message: > "XF86OpenConsole /dev/kbd (Device not configured)" Did you run the xf86config script to build an XF86Config file? That pretty well automates the procedure. Did you also compile a new kernel with `options "XSERVER"'? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major