From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 22 03:02:19 2004 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 AA57B16A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 03:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B607E43D49 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 03:02:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i2MB2Bxh082167 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:02:11 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i2MB2Aer082166; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:02:10 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:02:10 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: ZaiD Dashti Message-ID: <20040322110210.GB81524@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , ZaiD Dashti , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7iMSBzlTiPOCCT2k" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040316, clamav-milter version 0.67l cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 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: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:02:19 -0000 --7iMSBzlTiPOCCT2k Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 10:41:08AM +0300, ZaiD Dashti wrote: > why when i write startx my computer hangs ? > whatis the problem ? I guess your X windows is incorrectly configured. However, my crystal ball is on the blink and I never was very good at extra sensory perception, so I'm not going to be able to tell you much more than that without a great deal more detail about symptoms -- what exactly do you see when the system hangs? What exactly did you do to try and configure things and so forth. Consult this article for guidance: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Some good things to check out: try looking at the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file -- there's usually some indication in there of what has gone wrong. Get hold of the manuals for your monitor and your video card and make sure that the HorizSync and VertRefresh frequency range settings in /etc/X11/XF86Config are within spec for both (look for the 'Section "Monitor"' stuff). Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --7iMSBzlTiPOCCT2k Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAXseydtESqEQa7a0RAkzYAJ4kLIRuR6Iz538iG3ZOt1xN29wMtgCcCQ3a /29xXFv7VGxyXx0/srPg+YY= =xHU1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7iMSBzlTiPOCCT2k--