Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 01:09:52 +0900 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: Naomi Fernandez <naomi.fernandez@sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble with XFree86 Configuration Message-ID: <d9175cad0505060909659d48b7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <NHBBJEJOKLFKIEFKGELBAEFJCEAA.naomi.fernandez@sympatico.ca> References: <NHBBJEJOKLFKIEFKGELBAEFJCEAA.naomi.fernandez@sympatico.ca>
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2005/5/6, Naomi Fernandez <naomi.fernandez@sympatico.ca>: > "Hi! >=20 > I'm having a devil of a time trying to configure XFree86 Server and Deskt= op > in FreeBSD 5.3. >=20 > I was running FreeBSD 4.9 just fine complete with Gnome2. Yesterday, I > installed (from scratch) FreeBSD 5.3 on the same machine. The installatio= n > went fine and the machine booted perfectly. When I "sysinstall" to do a > "Post-Installation Configuration", I don't get the option to "Configure t= he > XFree86 Server" or Desktop. So I never get the chance to configure my > monitor or video card or choose Gnome2 as my GUI. >=20 > When I "startx" as root, I get this really clunky lo-res screen with thre= e > windows on it. When I exit that and go back to the prompt, I get a messag= e > saying "fbdev does not exist". >=20 > I've reinstalled about half a dozen times and it's always the same. Can y= ou > please advise me of why I can't get to the point of configuring my monito= r > and card and then select Gnome2 as my GUI? I selected "X-user" when I d= id > the install. As I mentioned above, all worked perfectly under FreeBSD 4.9= . > If there is any another information that I can provide, please let me kno= w. No need to reinstall. Try reading the fine documentation at freebsd.org/handbook or more specific to this problem, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html . --=20 If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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