From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 17 18:13:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9BF716A41F for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:13:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 831E443D6A for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:13:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [192.168.2.2] ([69.27.149.254]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2HIBUB0030844; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:11:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <441AFBC8.1010300@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:11:20 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060127 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ken Stevenson References: <441AC0D6.6000204@allenmyland.com> In-Reply-To: <441AC0D6.6000204@allenmyland.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ktrw25@hotmail.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems using the GUI 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: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:13:23 -0000 Ken Stevenson wrote: > 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) : Cannot find which device to use. >> (EE) xf860OpenSerial: No Device specified >> (EE) : cannot open input device >> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "" >> 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? > Heh, I like that question, but it may well be a better question than I can even hope to guess at. It is, however sitting around in ports in a couple of locations, and it's installed on this desktop: [289] Fri 17.Mar.2006 12:05:49 [kadmin@archangel][/usr/ports] pkg_info | grep fb xorg-vfbserver-6.8.2 X virtual framebuffer server from X.Org I seem to recall setting up one boxen within the last 4 months or so that needed this port to even run X. The X on this box dates back to ?? and has been portupgraded a few gazillion times, so I can't say when it was installed, exactly. For the OP: Xorg will attempt to run (and do it successfully in many cases) without a config file at all. So, make sure (by reading the logs, most likely) that the file you are modifying is actually being used by the server, or you're just spinning your wheels. Kevin Kinsey -- He who fears the unknown may one day flee from his own backside. -- Sinbad