Setting up everything in FreeBSD 5.2

[mojo jojo]

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We can come back to my modem another time. In a minute i'm going to post what i did and some output from the command startx.......

Hi,

I installed FreeBSD 5.2 after it was installed. I restart my system with BSD. At login i typed root and then password:

# /stand/./sysinstall (remember the period before the slash).

I went to Configure and set Mouse to Auto. I went to Configure-->XFree86-->xf86cfg -textmode and i set the Mouse Protocol to MouseSystems. (I forgot to edit /etc/X11 file at the command line to change it if i need too)

I went to Configure-->XFree86--XDesktop and i chose GNOME2. I let it install. I restart my system back into BSD.

Login: dsantamassino password:
$ startx

xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsantamassino/.Xauthority
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0" in "list" command
xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsantamassino/.Xauthority
Using authority file /home/dsantamassino/.Xauthority
xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name ":0" in "add" command
xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsantamassino/.Xauthority
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0" in "list" command
xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsantamassino/.Xauthority
xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name ":0" in "add" command

XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.2 i386 [ELF]
Build Date: 07 December 2003
Build reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org to make sure that you have the latest version

Markers (--) probed, (**) From config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) waring, (EE) error, (NI) not implemental, (??) unknown, (++) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log",
Time: Tue Jan 27 09:13:52 2004
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
Fatal server error:
no screens found

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.

X Connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsantamassino/.Xauthority
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0" in "remove" command
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0" in "remove" command
$

[Kernel_Killer]

Good job dsanta!!!

Looks like you might want to run through the xf86cfg -textmode again, and make sure to set everything. Looks like you didn't setup a profile for your settings. Don't worry about the terminology, setting each one in order correctly should get you to an X screen or another error (most likely a mouse error, but probably not. Just common).

Just for your information, when you are doing a command like you did away from it's directory, you don't need to add the "." . Just in the present directory the command is in. For instance.

dsanta# /stand/sysinstall

versus:

dsanta:/stand# ./sysinstall

Master Copy: I really don't understand what you want me to do. I also have a question for you. Are on screamingelectron more then LJR?? You the one that told me on to go about with that. I have a topic similar to this one from a while ago. Let me know so if you want i can over there and help me otherwise i don't have a clue what you want me to do. Thanx.

[Kernel_Killer]

Run /stand/sysinstall again, and go to Configure, then XFree86, then xf86cfg -textmode. Set you video settings again. If all are set correctly.....<read above>.

I just tried that and configure my video card and monitor and i get the same fatal error as i posted above.

[trickster]

Hi Derek,

I have never used FreeBSED. However, it seems like the XFree86 configuration is very similar to the way it works on Linux.

Try posting your /etc/X11/XFree86 config file (if suh a thing exists.)

[trickster]

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO.../x-config.html