Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:03:23 -0600 From: "Kris Wieschhaus" <ktrw25@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: problems using the GUI Message-ID: <BAY103-F4E2C109B78446DAC1D30DD2E40@phx.gbl>
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I've been using FreeBSD for about a month now as I will be presenting it to my class in a couple of weeks. I am having a problem getting the the Windows X System to work. I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to get it to work. I have looked in the FAQ's section and the FreeBSD Handbook, but I am still unsuccessful. When I run startx I get (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) <default pointer>: Cannot find which device to use. (EE) xf860OpenSerial: No Device specified (EE) <default pointer>: cannot open input device (EE) PreInit failed for input device "<default pointer>" No core Pointer Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices I went to the X.Org web site and came to the conlusion that it is a problem with the Windows X System not "playing" with my mouse the way it should. I have a USB mouse and I can move the cursor around the screen. I have modified the /root/xorg.conf.new file for my mouse but was still unsuccessful at starting the GUI My modifications were as follows Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard CoreKeyboard EndSection I added this section: Section Pointer Protocol SysMouse Device /dev/sysmouse EndSection I modified this section: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol SysMouse Option Device /dev/sysmouse EndSection Any help that I could get would be much appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ [1]Make FREE PC-to-PC calls with MSN Messenger. Get it now! References 1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2749??PS=47575
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