Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:14:08 -0400 From: James E.Hall <paavaka@home.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 2 q's: X and console Message-ID: <01100521140800.01252@sophia>
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Hello.=20 1) I recently installed FreeBSD and I can't seem to get X to start. I=20 tried everything in the Handbook... I added an entry to /etc/ttys and I=20 wrote a shell script to start up xdm, trying it first in rc.local and the= n=20 with rc.d. When I enable xdm in /etc/ttys xdm WILL start... but nothing=20 happens. The process shows up but I don't get the graphical login. I=20 actually don't want the graphical login, but I will live with it if this = is=20 the only way to get X to start with a secure setting. The process will no= t=20 start when I use rc.local, but it will with rc.d. However, when I use thi= s=20 approach xdm blanks my screen, trying to pop up the graphical display. Bu= t=20 it cannot. Control is then passed back to the console. After doing the=20 above, I try to start my X-session with 'startx'. I get the error (when=20 root): "xf860penConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted)." This= =20 is the error that I was trying to avoid by starting xdm in the first plac= e.=20 If I log in as a regular user, I get the error:=20 "_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: ...server already running" Any suggestions? One thought of mine is that it may not be starting becau= se=20 my XF86 setup is wrong... when I went through the graphical setup program= =20 the last screen started flashing REALLY fast... the display looked fine,=20 otherwise, but.... I do have the specs for my card and monitor, so it=20 SHOULD have been okay. 2) Is there any way to make the console look nicer? I really don't mind t= he=20 comand line as long as the screen isn't an awful shade of grey, and the=20 font isn't so big. With Slackware 7.1 the setup program detected that I=20 could use a nice screen buffer and setup the OS to use it... it was nice:= =20 black screen and small crystal clear type. Is there anyway to get this sa= me=20 effect with FreeBSD?=20 Thanks in advance, - James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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