From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 00:24:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C9C1065674 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:24:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 071CC8FC15 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:24:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3749C2; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:24:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:24:23 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: John or Judy Hixson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <6B25F4E32F59B195428730A7@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <01E3114E-02B1-44A2-A6B6-E0AE93A95E9A@earthlink.net> References: <01E3114E-02B1-44A2-A6B6-E0AE93A95E9A@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Need Help Installing and Configuring Xorg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:24:25 -0000 --As of June 10, 2011 4:26:27 PM -0700, John or Judy Hixson is alleged to have said: > I'm having trouble getting Xorg to run on my just recently installed > FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE(i386) system. I'm trying to follow the procedures in > Sections 5.3 and 5.4 of the Handbook and can't seem to get "startx" to > fire up; I get a black screen when I try. Here's what I've done so far: --As for the rest, it is mine. Weird question: Have you installed xterm yet? Without a window manager configured, startx will try to open X with a single xterm window. (At least, as installed from ports, I believe.) I'm not sure what it would do if it couldn't find xterm, but a blank black screen sounds possible... If I'm right, Xorg is _running,_ you just haven't started any programs in it. Which you might be able to see if you ssh'd into the box. If so, you could kill Xorg and get your terminal back on your standard terminal. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------