Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:18:15 -0800 From: Vanh Phom <vphom@comcast.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBsd with X prob Message-ID: <1075166294.5705.6.camel@Supra> In-Reply-To: <20040125114141.I81485@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <1074858990.1399.17.camel@Supra> <20040125114141.I81485@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 11:43, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Vanh Phom wrote: > > > After spending the last couple days installing Freebsd. I managed to get > > X up bare. Apparently the X server is up with a blank screen and no way > > to shut it down. I'm trying to run kdm,sometime it would work if I cd to > > /usr/local/bin and type kdm. Otherwise I got a blank screen. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > By blank screen, you mean the crosshatch pattern with the X cursor? > > The normal way to start X up is using 'startx'. This arranges for a > ~/.xinitrc script to run to start your window manager, or will start up a > basic twm session if that file is not present. > > Also, if you need it, the X server kill key is Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. I seem to found a solution for now. First I found that the DISPLAY variable was not set on root. That what I thought the server start up with no client connect to and C-A-B didn't work. So I recompile the kernel and thing seems to work fine for now. Vanh
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