Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 03:56:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: Gary and El Byrnes <elgaz@iprimus.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Window problem Message-ID: <20030506033808.V61692@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <001c01c313aa$0e3d1cc0$0137a8c0@rooter> References: <001c01c313aa$0e3d1cc0$0137a8c0@rooter>
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On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote: > Hi Everybody > > I am new to FreeBSD. Just intalled v 5.0. > > I went into /etc/ttys and changed "xterm on secure" to have graphics and > having a problem after that. The GUI wouldn't come up. The screen keeps > coming to a dark blue with a mouse cursor cross on it then disappears. > How can I fix this please? 1) go single user: reboot your computer [if it is still on, press ctrl-alt-del] when freebsd boots a countdown starts from 9 to 0, before it reaches 0, press "space" type: boot -s your computer will boot but it will stop asking for a shell and suggesting: /bin/sh [press enter]. type mount -a swapon -a 2) fix the problem: now, edit /etc/ttys and restore "off" in the line containing xterm. save this file reboot your computer by typing: reboot or press control-d. you must be sure that you have correctly configuring X before changing the line containing "xterm" in /etc/ttys. 3) configure X To configure X you can try: X -configure it will try to find out which your graphic environtment could be, and will write a file: XF86Config.new with the resulting configuration. Try: X -xf86config ./XF86Config.new to test your configuration and, if it fits to your graphical environment, you will see a gray screen and you will be able to move your mouse cursor. Press Ctrl-Alt-BACKSPACE to leave this graphic screen and copy this file to /etc/X11/ directory with the name XF86Config: cp ./XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config if the configuration you get does not fit to your graphical environment, try to find out what graphic card, monitor, mouse, keybard you have and try xf86cfg -textmode 4) xdm Once you have a functional configuration for your graphical environment, then and only then you can change the line you changed. > > I have a flatscreen monitor and I am not too sure what video card I have > - some cheapie. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > Elvira > _______________________________________________ > 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" > - ______ _ * / /###\ / \ __ /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ = \______/ _ | |
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