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X in FreeBSD

  • 15-01-2006 12:00PM
    #1
    wind00ze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Hi, ok basiacally i've just installed FreeBSD 5.4, and everything seems ok apart from the GUI, iv'e gone through the hand book loads of times and i think im going in wrong with the X config file. If i type just X the gui will seem to start but it just loads a grey screen.
    I would apreciate any help with this.

    Regards,
    Martin


Comments

  • #2
    declan_lgs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 549 ✭✭✭declan_lgs


    Have you installed a window manager or desktop enviornment?
    If you have, then after setting up an xinitrc (which might be done automatically, it's a while since I did this in FreeBSD) you should run 'startx'.

    twm, probably the most basic of window managers, should be installed with X, and it might already be configured in the xinitrc file so 'startx' might start it. If it's not starting, then adding 'exec twm' to your xinitrc file (should be in the 'xinit' directory of the folder that contains your xorg.conf, on my system "/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc') should do the trick.

    Running 'X' doesn't process the xinitrc file, and therefore doesn't start a window manager/anything.


  • #3
    wind00ze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭wind00ze


    cheers man that worked a treat :D


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