Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 16:01:21 +0200 From: CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> To: Eddy Ramos <e.ramos@deepground.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XWindows on the run Message-ID: <200305061601.21792.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> In-Reply-To: <000101c313d7$41543580$e20064c0@LAPTOP6> References: <000101c313d7$41543580$e20064c0@LAPTOP6>
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You have to install xwrapper to launch X using startX. It's in the FAQ. believe it is /usr/ports/x11/xwrapper... Anthony On Tuesday 06 May 2003 15:56, Eddy Ramos wrote: > Sorry to say so, I am a bit disappointed with my fresh installation of > FreeBSD Release 4.8 with X-Windows (KDE 3.1), because 'startx' simply > won't work. > > Here's what is says during startup: > > Fatal server error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > xauth: creating a new authority file /root/.Xauthority > xauth: (argv):1: bad disply name ":0" in "remove" command > xauth: (argv):1: bad disply name ":0" in "remove" command > # > > Actually, I haven't done anything in particular but running the > installation CD-Rom. > Any suggestions how to get XWindows start? > > Eddy. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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