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Date:      Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:58:30 +0100
From:      albi <albi@saynotomicrosoft.org>
To:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xwindows problems
Message-ID:  <20040113195830.141c0d55.albi@saynotomicrosoft.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040113182837.92218.qmail@web21506.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040112200042.CA6F016A4E7@hub.freebsd.org> <20040113182837.92218.qmail@web21506.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:28:37 -0800 (PST)
Veronica Brainfluff <danimariepies@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I tried to use XWindows for the first time, I typed
> xstart and it began to load.  But it did not load
> because of errors.  It said 'no screens found.' and
> that it could not find a keyboard or screen.
> 
> How can I fix this problem?  Do I need to run the set
> up again or is there a configuration area I can
> access?  I imagine there is, I just don't know where.

would be helpful if you mention :

- FreeBSD-version (e.g. 4.9 or 5.2)
- brand and type/chipset of your video-card (e.g. S3 Virge) 
- what kind of monitor (14" that can do 800x600 etc.)
- which setup-program did you try ? (xf86config etc.)



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