From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 14:31:29 2008 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 66A531065686 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:31:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joeb@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E4278FC17 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:31:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joeb@a1poweruser.com) Received: from laptop ([202.69.173.240]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:31:08 -0700 From: "joeb" To: "Desmond Chapman" , Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:31:50 +0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Oct 2008 14:31:08.0876 (UTC) FILETIME=[2ADF08C0:01C92C77] X-Sender: joeb@a1poweruser.com Cc: Subject: RE: Xorg/kde startup errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: joeb@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:31:29 -0000 What is your xorg.new.conf file? It's in the root directory. Here is my screen resolution from the above file "Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection" You'll need to use vi to edit the file. type>>vi /root/xorg.conf.new in the terminal as root. Use the down arrow to move to the depth subsection of the screen section. Hit the escape key then the letter i. Hit the right arrow until. I'm going touse>> <> Modes <> "600x800" "1024x768" <> :w! <> :q! < *********************************************** My xorg.new.conf file did not have any mode statements. I added them but it made no difference. Still get the same errors as posted in original msg.