From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 9 18:59:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D0D16A417 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:59:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-20-82.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.20.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E008D13C457 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:59:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l79IxSgc003987; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:59:28 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l79IxS3Y003986; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:59:28 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:59:28 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Frank Griffith Message-ID: <20070809185928.GV1244@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200708081956.28198.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <521907.4597.qm@web51305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KdquIMZPjGJQvRdI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <521907.4597.qm@web51305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrading X Issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:59:30 -0000 --KdquIMZPjGJQvRdI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please wrap lines at 80 characters and don't top-post. On 2007-Aug-09 04:01:29 -0700, Frank Griffith wrote: >something in the error messages about my /etc/X11/xorg.conf so I >erased it as well as my /root/xorg.conf.new and then did There are some pathname changes so your old xorg.conf file is incompatible with your new Xorg. Unless you have local customisations, deleting it and re-running '-configure' is the easiest solution. > I was then able to startx but there is no window manger running. By default, startx will not start a window manager - it just starts an xterm. You will need to create $HOME/.xinitrc to make it do more. A sample .xinitrc is available in /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc --=20 Peter Jeremy --KdquIMZPjGJQvRdI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGu2QQ/opHv/APuIcRAmiFAJ9OVczOZ3s3zCtms/sxkPj4lakkAwCZARAM vrgAAr6VPp4D3Gds408QbWs= =7xQV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KdquIMZPjGJQvRdI--