Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 20:08:23 -0700 From: "Peter Michaux" <petermichaux@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X -config /root/xorg.conf.new --> the grey screen of death Message-ID: <3cbaf1c80605192008k6060f145o3fd9f146b448b69@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3cbaf1c80605192000o3cab9e55j358f8971a62297c0@mail.gmail.com> References: <3cbaf1c80605192000o3cab9e55j358f8971a62297c0@mail.gmail.com>
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doh! CNTR-ALT-BACKSPACE rtfm Thanks, Peter On 5/19/06, Peter Michaux <petermichaux@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am doing a little better my second time through installation. I am > in section 5.4.2 of the handbook[1] for installing x11 using xorg. > (The handbook seems to need a bit of an update for 6.1-RELEASE.) > > 76. run the command "Xorg -config" > it says that it detected my moust at /dev/sysmouse > it says that my xorg.conf file is "/root/xorg.conf.new" > 77. the handbook says to run this command next "Xorg -config xorg.conf.new" > this didn't work. I got a core pointer missing error > 78. after step 76 the computer screen said to run "X -config > /root/xorg.conf.new". I tried this and this command worked a bit. I > could see a little bit of and x windows screen and could move the > cursor around with the mouse. > > Now I am completely stuck. I have a grey screen and an 'x' shaped > cursor I can move. > > What do I do? > > Thanks, > Peter > > > [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html >
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