Hi, I replied to your private e-mail address. however, there is a PS: if you only get the gray screen with an X as a mouse pointer then you have not started Gnome or kde or whichever GUI you want to use. There has been lots of advice in this list on how to start GUI I'll paste something I found. One would put the commands in .xinitrc, sometimes, .Xclients or .xsession instead (depends on whether you use startx or [x,k,g,w]dm... .xinitrc (resp. .Xclients or .xsession) would have one of these lines uncommented: # exec wmaker # for windowmaker # exec gnome-session # for Gnome # exec startkde # for kde
I am assuming that the paths exist otherwise you may have to find out were these are... Lionel --- suresh grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for your help. Now iam able to see the > XWindow monitor. But the mouse (shown as X on the > window) is not moving. Should i reconfigure the > mouse > in XF86Config.new file.This is also working with > 16depth. > The mouse deamon on my system recognising the mouse > type as mouseman and the port is /dev/cuaa0. > will the mouse moves once the startx or xinit > command > is made. > > regards > suresh > --- Lionel Lecoq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > according to your log, your video ram is only 1MB > > in that case you can probably only use a depth of > 8 > > with 1024x768, or (there I am on thin ice) use a > > frame > > buffer. > > I would proceed as follows: > > 1. copy the XF86Config.new into > /etc/X11/XF86Config > > (I > > don't know FreeBSD but I assume it does not use > > XF86Config-4, if it does then copy in that file) > > 2. I would hack that file and set the DefaultDepth > > to > > 8 and copy the modes line into the Subsection > > "Display" with that depth > > NOTE you seem to have "1024*768" (or is it my > eyes?) > > it should be "1024x768" > > and then try > > later you can try to go to depth 16. > > Lionel > > --- suresh grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When iam trying to install XFree86-4 on a > FreeBSD > > > Machine, iam getting a lot of errors. I hope you > > > will > > > help me in installing the XFree86. > > > This is my XF86Config.new and XFree86.log files > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/octet-stream > > name=XF86Config.new > > > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 3 application/octet-stream > > name=XFree86.0.log > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, > see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > ===== > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
