From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 23:28:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 C6FDD16A456 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 23:28:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60C543D4C for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 23:28:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (localhost.watson.org [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4JNS72O084662; Fri, 19 May 2006 19:28:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) with ESMTP id k4JNS7ib084659; Fri, 19 May 2006 19:28:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 19:28:07 -0400 (EDT) From: doug To: Peter Michaux In-Reply-To: <3cbaf1c80605191555k30f6a22fxeb667e3446aa76a3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060519191648.T65925@fledge.watson.org> References: <3cbaf1c80605191555k30f6a22fxeb667e3446aa76a3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cant run x-windows on fresh 6.1 install 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, 19 May 2006 23:28:11 -0000 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) : Cannot find which device to use > (EE) xf860OpenSerial: No Device Specified > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "" > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >