Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:59:50 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson <ken@allenmyland.com> To: Kris Wieschhaus <ktrw25@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problems using the GUI Message-ID: <441AC0D6.6000204@allenmyland.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY103-F4E2C109B78446DAC1D30DD2E40@phx.gbl> References: <BAY103-F4E2C109B78446DAC1D30DD2E40@phx.gbl>
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Kris Wieschhaus wrote: > > I've been using FreeBSD for about a month now as I will be presenting > it to my class in a couple of weeks. I am having a problem getting the > the Windows X System to work. I have been trying for the last 2 weeks > to get it to work. I have looked in the FAQ's section and the FreeBSD > Handbook, but I am still unsuccessful. > > When I run startx I get > > (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) > (EE) <default pointer>: Cannot find which device to use. > (EE) xf860OpenSerial: No Device specified > (EE) <default pointer>: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "<default pointer>" > No core Pointer > > Fatal server error: > failed to initialize core devices > fbdev sounds like the Linux frame buffer device. What's fbdev doing in a nice operating system like FreeBSD? -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.
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