From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 17:08:03 2005 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 4BD7E16A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:08:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36CF743D55 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:08:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from "cyb."@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2005 17:08:00 -0000 Received: from pD9E282AC.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO localhost.localdomain) (217.226.130.172) by mail.gmx.net (mp026) with SMTP; 21 Feb 2005 18:08:00 +0100 X-Authenticated: #4870692 From: cyb <"cyb."@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200502211137.58722.hindrich@worldchat.com> References: <200502211137.58722.hindrich@worldchat.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-0j+1HRzSTZamgqJowDzE" Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:07:59 +0100 Message-Id: <1109005679.5016.3.camel@p4-3200.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: Trying to get X working. 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, 21 Feb 2005 17:08:03 -0000 --=-0j+1HRzSTZamgqJowDzE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Have you configured your xorg.conf file correctly? Use 'xorgconfig' to build a basic xorg.conf file and then try 'startx' again. Andreas On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 11:37 -0500, Peterhin wrote: > I have installed Freebsd 5.3, and I am at Chapter 5.6 of the handbook,=20 > and really can't figure out where to go from here.=20 > How do I start XDM? or do I do that with 'startx'. If so I have a=20 > further problem, in that when I try 'startx' I get 'Fatal server error;=20 > no screens found' also 'X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill of=20 > server shutdown). xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "Quercus:0" in=20 > "remove" command > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am a newbie to CLI, and the=20 > NIX environment. =20 >=20 > =20 > Peter --=20 GnuPG key : 0xD25FCC81 | http://cyb.websimplex.de/pubkey.txt Fingerprint: D182 6F22 7EEC DD4C 0F6E 564C 691B 0372 D25F CC81 --=-0j+1HRzSTZamgqJowDzE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCGhVvaRsDctJfzIERAmGJAJ9LwCDLDLfK5aJDdOGVLisJZNfMuQCZAZRJ 8C4qwCiZjaQjQcxMwT3mshc= =i6eP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0j+1HRzSTZamgqJowDzE--