Date: 01 Nov 2003 11:18:25 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Verghese George" <vgeorge@groupwise.swin.edu.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install X windows in Free BSD 4.8 - Help required. Message-ID: <4465i43vvy.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <sfa26e99.099@groupwise.swin.edu.au> References: <sfa26e99.099@groupwise.swin.edu.au>
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"Verghese George" <vgeorge@groupwise.swin.edu.au> writes: > Can someone help me? > > I was trying to install X windows in my machine > The video card is shown as > agp0 <intel 82815 (i815) SVGA controller> > So modified the /boot/loader.conf and inserted a line > agp_load="YES" > and rebooted the system to allow loading of the module > I aos creted a agp device note > #cd /dev > #sh MAKEDEV agpgart > > I used the /stand/sysintall command and used a fully graphical > interface for X server configuration. > I used a card mode i810 815 > ver syn 50-100 > hor syn 31.5 - 57.0 > HF SVGA 1024 X 768 @ 70 Hz > > I modified the /etc/ttys file to change the X windows terminal ttyp8 to > on. > > It came up with an error that the X windows confiugration failed. > When I rebooted the system, the X window screen came up. When I entered > the login name and password for root, nothing happened. The screen again > came up. Sounds like the X configuration (and xdm setup) is working fine. Try logging in from a text console to make sure the accounts are set up properly. [You can get back to a text console from the xdm login by typing C-A-Fx, where Fx is a function key between 1 and 8.]
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