Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:30:37 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: tracker@worldy.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Windows not fully loading... Message-ID: <19990125083037.A24227@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <36AC0CE8.2C20@worldy.com>; from David Banning on Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 01:19:20AM -0500 References: <36AC0CE8.2C20@worldy.com>
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On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 01:19:20AM -0500, David Banning wrote: > Hi - sorry to bother you overly burdened volunteers with > my pesky problem. > > I only recently purchased the FreeBSD version 2.2.8 - Everything > seems to be fine except X Windows. > > For X Windows the installation went fine. No errors. It went into > graphics mode fine during installation. I've tried several graphics > configurations - they all seem to work fine - until I type "X" to > run X Windows. It goes into graphics mode with a big X (the mouse) That's what you are doing wrong! You shouldn't type X to run xwindows. You have to have some kind of window manager ie. twm (default) or better fvwm2, windowmaker or afterstep. There are more but these I've tride. Then you copy the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to $HOME/.xinitrc !! Edit it so it loads your w manager and then off you go with the command startx This will by default give you twm as manager and 256 colors. You'll soon get bored with this and change to another window manager and more colors. To start X with 16 bit colors you type startx -- -bpp 16 (or 24 for true color) Happy computing! Gunnar > on the screen - and that's the end of it! > > To get out of this I type Ctrl-Alt-Backspace which is where it goes > back to text mode - there is a long list of system verifications > showing then - they all look fine - except the last one maybe - > it says "Fonts Loaded = 0" - (although at the top of the list it > confirms that all fonts have been loaded - and list the names > of each font and it's path. I've run mkfontdir in appropriate > directory again just in case. > > Sorry I can't provide you with more info - I know unix to get around > fairly well - but don't know X Windows. > > Please help if you can! Thanks! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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