From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Dec 17 11:04:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA02048 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:04:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01918 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:04:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from chronias.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.124]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA72A8; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:04:12 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19981214053712.0079f780@mail.utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:10:19 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Kevin Weiss Subject: RE: question about X-Window Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 14-Dec-98 Kevin Weiss wrote: > I am having problems with X-Window. > > When I type xinit, I get "fatal server error"...no screens found Ye sure the ttyv's are set up correctly? See the FAQ regarding ttyv's. I think ye might miss this entry: ttyvc "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure One of the ttyv's in /etc/ttys has to be like this. try typing startx after that... > also, how do I access my window managers? $HOME/.xinitrc put something like twm in it to start twm > PS - I am VERY new to Unix/FreeBSD (I come from a solid DOS/Windows > background unfortunately) Never use DOS/Windows and solid in one sentence ;) --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Pax vobiscum... asmodai(at)wxs.nl Network/Security Specialist BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message