Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 10:06:30 -0700 From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: Ben Forson <forben76@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X-terminal Issues. Message-ID: <57d71000050516100673ca7973@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050516165109.42382.qmail@web52905.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050516165109.42382.qmail@web52905.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 5/16/05, Ben Forson <forben76@yahoo.com> wrote: >=20 > Hello , > My name is Ben and I use FreeBSD v5.0. The problem > is , I can't get my X-term to work.Whenever I StartX > I get an error message stating ,XF86Config file fail > to open.I have checked my video card details over and > over again and still get the same results. > I've de-installed and re-installed the software ,but > no improvement.Every other thing works fine except > any application that requires some form of graphics > and I get this same error message. what is the error message, you should probably post it to the list.=20 from what you have said it looks like either the user that is starting X does not have permission to read the X config file or it does not exist. I would read the section on configuring X in the freebsd handbook which is available online at the freebsd.org website. if you are still having problems getting it to work i would post detailed error messages to the list. > WHAT SHOULD I DO ?. (no need to scream, we are here to help ;) =20 -p --=20 ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group
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