From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 22:01:55 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 497FD16A41A for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:01:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kimimeister@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1867E13C467 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:01:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kimimeister@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so3835575waf.3 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:01:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=75JABVMrPrnb0ztulp8cFBcxAuAc/AtNH2xzalU3Pok=; b=H6d3DLIKATGMdsK3vOsr9ufFRjOdpxZaJ0yqAr+jKxSmxiRHV51STcMa05JdTFGXhaswf6SHgED0w+j22pZtRYw6DuPfFUsVCO+QaQxLfQfRLxUm4hFy1WatoJ+2Rj+UKCkzdXVnETNHyd+jVdSk2kXohypRcPKdj6A2amcz+F4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=X7QiWarA75Y7lgrsBTka/A90pbzBiwHuSulI/iLlMISb2YdB/h6oB6DFIGhTLtU2fHvBfttae2kOgQyOJDV+w6HPzE82d/AAB0KCT1mZLbJVFytLDDmdOoFL4VePgHtt3Rw3A5ad3IuUt7bUK9gDodvk0QIoFGQHN2Hf6b//vnQ= Received: by 10.115.33.1 with SMTP id l1mr6292596waj.137.1201644114610; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:01:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.201.15 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:01:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <42b497160801291401t42255b35u2bd421f74d7ba9a8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:01:54 +0000 From: Kimi To: "Siraj Shaikh" In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940801291217j668bccfbsde8c3259c79cd06b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> <6e9d2bb40801281539l2e983011pff27c17073e6a8e5@mail.gmail.com> <479F1BBB.2020008@student.utwente.nl> <479F1C56.8010401@gmail.com> <479F34F8.2070501@student.utwente.nl> <20080129152311.T2946@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <479F3A8E.9000901@student.utwente.nl> <3b2ddd940801290856r5be3825bq36132618ceb82921@mail.gmail.com> <20080129150419.I92107@fledge.watson.org> <3b2ddd940801291217j668bccfbsde8c3259c79cd06b@mail.gmail.com> Cc: doug@safeport.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting X - was Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:01:55 -0000 On 29/01/2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > On 29/01/2008, doug wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > > > One question: I have just installed FreeBSD 6.3, and tried "startx" > > > but it isnt coming up, giving some sort of error. Am I missing > > > something here? I did choose for "Windows X" during the FreeBSD setup > > > - shall I do a port upgrade? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > This is really a new thread. The handbook Chapter 5, The X Window System has the > > steps to follow. If your video card is support, it will just work. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html > > > > > > I installed FreeBSD 6.3 and asked for X during the step. The link only > shows me how to add the X package. Shall I add the package right on > top now, or shall I remove X first, and then install the port/package > after that? > or better still, if you can tel us the error message we can help much better, other wise all we can do is second guess and redirect you to the handbook which should solved most of your problems, also looking back in the mailing list archives might give you a solution to > Thanks -- Regards, Kimi