Abbaasi Hasan wrote: > > --- Ted Spradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Abbaasi Hasan wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > i am using FreeBSD 4.4. > > > i have trouble running X. > > > > Did you install XFree86 3.3.6 from the base installation, or 4.1.0 > > from > > the packages? > > > > no i didn't use any package.From the base installation i think. > How can i get its version?
It will be 3.3.6. That will probably be just fine. > > > > when i run it, a hashed black and white screen appears and a > > mouse > > > cursor. no HDD work. > > > > Did you do the X configuration at the end of the installation > > process? > > I don't understand what you mean by HDD here. > > > > Yes i did it. And all completed successfully. by HDD i mean Hard > disk Drive. i mean no hard disk progress. Ah, I think I understand now. You ran the X server directly, not startx, not even xinit. The X server came up, but there's no X clients or window manager. That's not a normal thing to do, but it proves that the X server basically works. Ctl+Alt+Backspace should kill it. and put you back in text mode. > > > i am as root. i havent installed KDE, GNOME,.... The default > > Window > > > manager is installed. > > > i can run xinnit. > > > > You don't normally run xinit directly, but rather you run startx, a > > shell script which runs xinit. > > > > > i dont know what is it, but i can run it and it gives me a > > console > > > and i can also run some X utilities like calculator. > > > > The standard window manager is twm. The standard xinitrc will > > start it > > with three xterms. I believe clicking on the root window puts up a > > menu\ > > which allows you to start a few standard X utilities. > > > > You you are right. i was running "X" a link which itself run > XF86_Mach64. now when you said startx, i run it. it appeared with > that 3 xterms. > Then what is that X link? That's how xinit knows which X server is the right one to run. Don't mess with it, but don't try to run it directly. > Is everything right.But the look of this program is not well at all. > I can not see any start menu as it was in MS Windows or X window for > linux. No, Microsoft did not copy twm when they designed Windows95. TWM is old, older than Windows 2.0. It was designed to run happily on the equipment of the mid '80s, e.g., Sun 3/60s. > > > 1 - Where is the problem? > > > > It looks to me like you didn't configure your Xserver at all, but > > that's > > just a guess. > > > no, i use XF86_Setup, it is enough,isn't it? Yeah, that should be just fine. Now that I understand theat you were describing running X directly, and not startx, the symptoms make sense. Your X installation and configuration is probably just fine. > > > 2 - How should i do to get KDE and install it? > > > > From the packages. > i have downloaded that 4.4-install.iso from Freebsd FTP site and > writtem it on CD. But KDE is not on it. My connection speed is not > high enough to install from network. Which additional .iso should i > download and install? KDE isn't on the 1st CD? 650 Megabytes doesn't get you very far these days! Well, you sure don't want to have to download another 650 Mbytes just to get KDE (although it's probably 50 Mbytes at least by itself). The packages you need will be in ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/4.0-stable/packages/kde/ but I don't know what dependencies you'll need. Someone more knowledgeable about KDE than I will have to tell you that. Once you have the right .tgz files (just put them in your home directory), then pkg_add *.tgz as root. -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
