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Date:      Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:33:35 +1100
From:      Alexander Cox <alexander.j.cox@gmail.com>
To:        gua.chunglim@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FBSD 8.2R can't startx
Message-ID:  <4D8407EF.7070604@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110318154101.GA1847@gmail.com>
References:  <20110317134728.GA1417@gmail.com>	<20110318064011.GA69484@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20110318154101.GA1847@gmail.com>

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On 03/19/11 02:41, Gua Chung Lim wrote:
> [...]
>
>> Have you tried reverting to the default xinitrc (starting twm and
>> a couple of xterms)?  This will help distinguish between a problem
>> with Xorg and a problem with KDE.
>>      
> Hmm I'm sorry, I don't know twm.
> I do not understand the default .xinitrc. I created it by myself.
> I only know without .xinitrc being created, startx gave 3 xterms.
> But I believe that the problem should be xorg because
> both KDE and GNOME cannot start with the same symptom.
>
>    
If startx gave three xterms, with no .xinitrc, you were probably seeing 
twm (X's default wm). This means that the problem may not be xorg. If 
you delete .xinitrc you should be greeted with these xterms again and be 
able to move them etc.
You can try to delete your xorg.conf, that often gets me into a DE. Due 
to HAL and the new versions of xorg trying to make config files useless, 
an xorg.conf can sometimes stop xorg from running. I have not had an 
xorg.conf in about two years. It sounds (and is) silly, but might work. 
Make sure to backup your xorg.conf just in case.

--Alexander Cox




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