Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 19:28:07 -0400 (EDT) From: doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> To: Peter Michaux <petermichaux@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cant run x-windows on fresh 6.1 install Message-ID: <20060519191648.T65925@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <3cbaf1c80605191555k30f6a22fxeb667e3446aa76a3@mail.gmail.com> References: <3cbaf1c80605191555k30f6a22fxeb667e3446aa76a3@mail.gmail.com>
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No window manager was installed. Xorg installs xterm and an almost null window
manager twm. You need to follow the instructions for configuring Xorg, chapter
5 in the handbook. Then if you add an .xsession file:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/X11R6/bin/twm
you can use that to install the window manager of your choice. the following
will install the kde package:
setenv PACKAGEROOT ftp://ftp10.FreeBSD.org (make this your mirror of choice)
pkg_add -r kde
Then change .xsession accordingly
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Peter Michaux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE for i386 [1]. I selected the
> X-User install and (I think) all the defaults along the way. The only
> port I added was Ruby. I can log in as "root" or as "peter" and make
> and run a little ruby script.
>
> When I type "startx" I see an error which i have retyped below
>
> getconfig.pl: Evaluated 24 rules with 0 errors
> getconfig.pl: Weight of result is 500
> New driver is "ati"
> (==) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines)
> (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) <default pointer>: Cannot find which device to use
> (EE) xf860OpenSerial: No Device Specified
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "<default pointer>"
> No core Pointer
>
> Fatal server error:
> failed to initalize core devices
>
> and them more stuff
>
>
> Where did I go wrong with my install choices?
>
> When Xwindows starts will it boot into Gnome or KDE? If not, what?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
>
>
> [1] Dell 450 MHz Pentium. I dedicated the entire hard drive to FreeBSD.
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