From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon May 22 15:56: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ida.net (mail.ida.net [204.228.203.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 875E437B879 for ; Mon, 22 May 2000 15:56:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ares@ida.net) Received: (qmail 22851 invoked from network); 22 May 2000 22:55:54 -0000 Received: from pm-pt3-43.ida.net (HELO arescomputer) (208.141.181.148) by mail.ida.net with SMTP; 22 May 2000 22:55:54 -0000 Message-ID: <001101bfc449$144535c0$94b58dd0@arescomputer> From: "Bryan Otteson" To: Subject: mounting Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:54:33 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000E_01BFC40E.674F4DE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4029.2901 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4029.2901 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BFC40E.674F4DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks guys, it worked. I don't know anything about using unix really = yet, so I couldn't even understand what the man page told me...but = thanks for the syntax, it worked. Now it gives me a new error: (EE) Unable to locate/open config file (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() Fatal Server Error: no screens found Is that talking about the monitor? Maybe I have to install that or = something? I just used the script that came with the XFree86 4.0 that I = got so I'm not sure what the config is. I looked in the log file it = told me about with some viewer or another that I couldn't figure out how = to get out of, but it didn't say any more than what I put in the error = above. Did anyone else out there have this much trouble trying to get = their Xwindows to got up and running for their first time? I know most = of it is because I don't know anything about unix yet, but I seem to not = be able to figure anything out very quickly. Bryan ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BFC40E.674F4DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks guys, it worked. I don't = know anything=20 about using unix really yet, so I couldn't even understand what the man = page=20 told me...but thanks for the syntax, it worked. Now it gives me a = new=20 error:

(EE) Unable to locate/open config = file

(EE) Error from = xf86HandleConfigFile()

Fatal Server Error:

no screens found

Is that talking about the = monitor? Maybe I=20 have to install that or something? I just used the script that = came with=20 the XFree86 4.0 that I got so I'm not sure what the config is. I = looked in=20 the log file it told me about with some viewer or another that I = couldn't figure=20 out how to get out of, but it didn't say any more than what I put in the = error=20 above. Did anyone else out there have this much trouble trying to = get=20 their Xwindows to got up and running for their first time? I know = most of=20 it is because I don't know anything about unix yet, but I seem to not be = able to=20 figure anything out very quickly.

Bryan

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