From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 8 22:12:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC61316A4CF for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 22:12:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay1.micronesiantel.com (relay1.micronesiantel.com [202.88.64.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EDF6843D39 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 22:12:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from w75xw@vzpacifica.net) Received: (qmail 20831 invoked by uid 513); 8 Jan 2005 22:12:25 -0000 Received: from 202.88.66.141 by relay1.micronesiantel.com (envelope-from , uid 506) with qmail-scanner-1.24st (clamdscan: 0.80/655. spamassassin: 2.64. perlscan: 1.24st. Clear:RC:1(202.88.66.141):SA:0(-103.4/7.5):. Processed in 0.609862 secs); 08 Jan 2005 22:12:25 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-103.4 required=7.5 X-Antivirus-RD-Mail-From: w75xw@vzpacifica.net via relay1.micronesiantel.com X-Antivirus-RD: 1.24st (Clear:RC:1(202.88.66.141):SA:0(-103.4/7.5):. Processed in 0.609862 secs Process 20823) X-Envelope-From: w75xw@vzpacifica.net Received: from pool-202-88-66-141.d1-sv.micronesiantel.net (HELO 192.168.1.100) (202.88.66.141) by relay1.micronesiantel.com with SMTP; 8 Jan 2005 22:12:24 -0000 From: "Michael A. Thissell" To: Emon In-Reply-To: <20050108170052.28548.qmail@gawab.com> References: <20050108170052.28548.qmail@gawab.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 08:12:19 +1000 Message-Id: <1105222340.28926.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on relay1.micronesiantel.com X-Antivirus-RD-MOVED-X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-103.4 required=7.5 tests=BAYES_00=-4.9, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.502,USER_IN_WHITELIST=-100 cc: "freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: startx problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:12:24 -0000 On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 17:00 +0000, Emon wrote: > Hello everyone > > I am a newbie. I have just Installed FreeBSD 5.3 and I am > trying to get X started. But after typing "Xorg -configure" I > got the following error > > ************************** > Fatal server error: > > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > *************************** > Instead of typing "Xorg -configure" ..... Please try typing "xorgconfig" after logging onto your system. This is a text-based configuration file that will allow you to set up your hardware and tune it for your own use. This configuration file will ask you questions about your hardware and give you a chance to pick an appropriate answer based on what you have installed in your computer. The final question asks if you want the program to write an xorg.conf file to /etc/X11. Please answer "yes" to that question. You can cd to /etc/X11 anytime and edit the the xorg.conf file if necessary. I have a mouse with a wheel. The original probing did not pick up the wheel configuration, so I went into the xorg.conf file and added those parameters to the mouse section. Now, the wheel works fine. FIRST THING TO DO: Look at the Handbook Please look at the FreeBSD Handbook, Chapter 5 - The X Window System. The authors have done an excellent job of explaining how to get a desktop working with plenty of examples. Even I could follow it. :-) mike