Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 13:37:43 -0700 From: Fred Condo <fred@condo.chico.ca.us> To: Alex.Bovone@mindspring.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: X server Prob. Message-ID: <20000812133743.A1357@absinthe.condo.chico.ca.us> In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from Alex.Bovone@mindspring.com on Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 09:37:13AM -0400
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On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 09:37:13AM -0400, Alex.Bovone@mindspring.com wrote: > When using startx or xinit computer freezes and I can't get back to the > command line without rebooting.. > > My paths are set in login and profile for there respective shells > but my ttys looks alittle strange from the Complete FreeBSD version > > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > is this whats freezing my computer No. Have you configured your X with XF86Setup or xf86config? You need to have a working X configuration before you try to launch X for real. Without that, a hard lockup is a definite possibility. -- Fred Condo + fred@condo.chico.ca.us This above all -- to thine own self be true. -- Wm. Shakespeare To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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