Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:01:20 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Desmond Chapman <que_deseja@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with X Message-ID: <20071119020120.GA68329@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <BAY108-W7AB51958631B0341832D3ED7D0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY108-W7AB51958631B0341832D3ED7D0@phx.gbl>
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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
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