From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 18 08:20:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2171B1065674 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:20:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7568B8FC1E for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:20:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q8I8KTxB005623 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:20:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q8I8KT5Z005622 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:20:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) X-Authentication-Warning: kontrol.kode5.net: jamie set sender to jamie@kode5.net using -f Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:20:29 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120918082029.GB5486@kontrol.kode5.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5055C604.8090801@tp1.rub.de> <20120917105439.GB25763@kontrol.kode5.net> <20120918075650.GA5486@kontrol.kode5.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: x-operating-system: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 x-pgp-fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 x-pgp-key: 1D31DC38 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.5 at kontrol.kode5.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: have desktop on freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:20:32 -0000 [ saeedeh motlagh wrote on Tue 18.Sep'12 at 12:39:43 +0430 ] > yes, i used "Xorg -configure" and after that "Xorg -config > xorg.conf.new -retro" as a root user. it seems that every thing is ok > and i see a gray page with mouse curser but when i restart my system i > don't have desktop. > i use startx command to test it and fbdevmodule error occurred. > > i really don't know how to fix it:(. have you any suggestion? i need > desktop on my BSD box. Ok, that shows your graphics card will support Xorg. What options did you select when you built X server from ports? Also, after you've installed Xorg you need to install a window manager or desktop like KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, ... Then you need to create the file .xinitrc in your home directory; it should contain something like this: exec spectrwm Spectrwm is the Window Manager I use, so xinit uses the exec command to start the window manager, in my case spectrwm. Have you done that yet?