Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:36:56 -0700 From: "Shannon Wheeler" <swheeler@altech.ab.ca> To: "'8 BSD Qs'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XSetup trouble Message-ID: <034f01bf2558$e0448580$0307070a@shannon-s>
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From: Michael Rothenberg <rothenberg@automationonline.com> Date: November 2, 1999 10:13 AM > Could not start the X server. I'm pretty sure I got something like that on each installation I've done... not to worry yet. >No other info was given. Then the screen went black. A second later it came >up with an eye searing dot pattern with the mouse cursor as a big 'X'. The just like all of mine... >mouse is a PS/2 mouse and works fine (i.e. it moves and clicks). I thought >I was done, as in hosed, and without a command prompt. I tried a bunch of >keys and key combos (including the 3 finger salute) to no avail. I also THE 'three finger salute' in X turns out to be CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE >tried ctl + alt + '+' which is supposed to switch video modes in X? cool. I didn't know that. >might return to some resemblance of normalness. Crunch crunch crunch.. on >and on and on for about 10 minutes.... Then it stops and I get a larger >version of the dotted screen and mouse cursor. No error messages shown. Sounds like the video mode finally changed. >What now? If I just turn it off without the proper shutdown how do I CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE. Then, create a .xinitrc file in your home directory (I guess - I'm still using /root) that contains the following: #Start the pretty KDE stuff: /usr/local/bin/startkde #or if you like the W95 look: /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm95 #end of the .xinitrc file Then, when you type: startx it should launch you into X with all kinds of neat screensavers available. :-) Shannon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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