Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 04:56:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: Gary and El Byrnes <elgaz@iprimus.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Window problem Message-ID: <20030506045448.T62295@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <006401c313b3$96f0c0e0$0137a8c0@rooter> References: <001c01c313aa$0e3d1cc0$0137a8c0@rooter> <20030506033808.V61692@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> <20030506041502.K62204@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> <006401c313b3$96f0c0e0$0137a8c0@rooter>
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On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote: > Hi > > I went back and repeated the steps of mounting and enabling the swap. I > guess first time I did it I didn't notice the warning saying "the system > wasn't unmounted cleanly, run fsck" and therefore mount and swapon > didn't work. So I ran fsck and afterwards mount and swapon. Everything > after went fine. at least you corrected thatd. > I came to the step of seeing the grey screen. I don't see grey but I see > a dark bue on and the mouse cursor moves around, and it also works in > non-gui mode. > > I am not too sure if what I see is OK. Please let me know before I go on > to copy the file. No, Elvira, it is not ok. Try to read the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html chapter 5. It is almost 5 o'clock in M=E9xico City. I need to rest. > > Thanks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eduardo Viruena Silva > To: Gary and El Byrnes > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:15 PM > Subject: Re: X Window problem > > > On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote: > > > Hi Eduardo > > > > Thank you very much for your response. > > > > I have started the process you mentioned. I have gone through step on= e fine. > > > > I got to the point where I edited the /etc/ttys file back to what it > > was. When I tried saving it, I got a message that the file is read-on= ly > > and use ! to override. > > you did not mount your file systems: > > mount -a > swapon -a > > > > > > What can I do now? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Elvira > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Eduardo Viruena Silva > > To: Gary and El Byrnes > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 6:56 PM > > Subject: Re: X Window problem > > > > > > On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote: > > > > > Hi Everybody > > > > > > I am new to FreeBSD. Just intalled v 5.0. > > > > > > I went into /etc/ttys and changed "xterm on secure" to have graph= ics and > > > having a problem after that. The GUI wouldn't come up. The screen= keeps > > > coming to a dark blue with a mouse cursor cross on it then disapp= ears. > > > How can I fix this please? > > > > 1) go single user: > > > > reboot your computer [if it is still on, press ctrl-alt-del] > > when freebsd boots a countdown starts from 9 to 0, before it > > reaches 0, press "space" > > > > type: > > boot -s > > > > your computer will boot but it will stop asking for a shell > > and suggesting: /bin/sh [press enter]. > > type > > mount -a > > swapon -a > > > > > > 2) fix the problem: > > > > now, edit /etc/ttys and restore "off" in the line containing xterm. > > save this file > > reboot your computer by typing: reboot > > or press control-d. > > > > you must be sure that you have correctly configuring X before > > changing the line containing "xterm" in /etc/ttys. > > > > 3) configure X > > > > To configure X you can try: > > > > X -configure > > > > it will try to find out which your graphic environtment could be, > > and will write a file: XF86Config.new with the resulting configur= ation. > > > > Try: > > X -xf86config ./XF86Config.new > > > > to test your configuration and, if it fits to your graphical enviro= nment, > > you will see a gray screen and you will be able to move your mouse = cursor. > > Press Ctrl-Alt-BACKSPACE to leave this graphic screen and copy this= file > > to /etc/X11/ directory with the name XF86Config: > > > > cp ./XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config > > > > if the configuration you get does not fit to your graphical environ= ment, > > try to find out what graphic card, monitor, mouse, keybard you have= and > > try > > xf86cfg -textmode > > > > > > 4) xdm > > > > Once you have a functional configuration for your graphical environ= ment, > > then and only then you can change the line you changed. > > > > > > > > I have a flatscreen monitor and I am not too sure what video card= I have > > > - some cheapie. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > > > > > Elvira > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@f= reebsd.org" > > > > > > > - ______ _ > > * / /###\ / \ __ > > /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | > > / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | = __ > > =3D .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | |= /\_\/ > > =3D \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_= /\__/ > > =3D \______/ _ > > | | > > - ______ _ > * / /###\ / \ __ > /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | > / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ > =3D .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_= \/ > =3D \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__= / > =3D \______/ _ > | | - ______ _ * / /###\ / \ __ /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ =3D .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ =3D \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ =3D \______/ _ | |
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