From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 19 02:01:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AE4116A417 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D30313C474 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Itvx0-0005Ru-Qd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:26 +0000 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with SMTP id lAJ21Pio000509 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:26 GMT Received: (qmail 68400 invoked by uid 1001); 19 Nov 2007 02:01:20 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:20 +0000 To: Desmond Chapman Message-ID: <20071119020120.GA68329@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:26 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:38 -0000 On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 09:27:53PM +0000, Desmond Chapman wrote: > > > I've done a minimal install of FreeBSD and followed a suggestion of > enabling cvsup/csup from the command line. Xorg-7.3 was installed. > However, the command of xorgcfg and xorgxonfig was not. I'm not too sure what you mean by that but I take it to mean that you've installed X but havent configured it yet. The handbook explains what to do: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > > How do I enable the Xdisplay? Just follow what they do in the handbook in the link above. > Is xorgcfg a package to be installed? No. xorg.conf is a file which lives in /etc/X11/xorg.conf but you have to put it there once you've created it with: # Xorg -configure and tested it with: # Xorg -config xorg.conf.new It might need some tweaking (editing) e.g French keyboard instead of English. Then do: # cp ./xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf and try starting X: $ startx If those commands aren't found, then you either need to rehash your shell: # rehash or you haven't installed X properly. How did you install X? > Are the others the same way? Sorry. I don't know what you mean. > Is xorg-7.3 manually configured only? As above. > > I am asking for help to a problem that I am unable to solve. Anyone > that has any knowledge of how I can solve this problem please let me > know. > > Thank you. HTH but let us know if anything is not clear or you have further problems. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html