From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 01:57:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D70137B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 01:57:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (esfm.ipn.mx [148.204.102.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6055043FE0 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 01:57:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx) Received: from Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h468ubNY061859; Tue, 6 May 2003 03:56:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx) Received: from localhost (mrspock@localhost)h468ubxj061856; Tue, 6 May 2003 03:56:37 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Gina.esfm.ipn.mx: mrspock owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 03:56:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva To: Gary and El Byrnes In-Reply-To: <001c01c313aa$0e3d1cc0$0137a8c0@rooter> Message-ID: <20030506033808.V61692@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> References: <001c01c313aa$0e3d1cc0$0137a8c0@rooter> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Window problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 08:57:55 -0000 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#####| * _ | __ | | __ = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ = \______/ _ | |