Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 18:36:48 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Peter Michaux <petermichaux@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cant run x-windows on fresh 6.1 install Message-ID: <446E5690.2010103@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <3cbaf1c80605191555k30f6a22fxeb667e3446aa76a3@mail.gmail.com> References: <3cbaf1c80605191555k30f6a22fxeb667e3446aa76a3@mail.gmail.com>
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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 Install a mouse. "Core pointer" not found error means, "where's my mouse?" Notwithstanding that, you might remove the mouse section from your xorg configuration file and get by, although in some X environments there's little point in running X unless you have a mouse. Ah, wait a minute. You have no configuration file; "using built-in". So, get a mouse ;-) Actually, it seems logical there *should* be one. What does dmesg(8) say in regard to this? Can you run moused(8)? What hardware is this, anyway? > > and them more stuff > > Where did I go wrong with my install choices? > Don't know that you did, unless you forgot to plug in the mouse ;-) > When Xwindows starts will it boot into Gnome or KDE? If not, what? Have you installed Gnome or KDE? If not, you'll get twm. Kevin Kinsey -- Reporter: What would you do if you found a million dollars? Yogi Berra: If the guy was poor, I would give it back.
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