cant run x-windows on fresh 6.1 install

2006-05-19 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I just installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE for i386 [1]. I selected the X-User install and (I think) all the defaults along the way. The only port I added was Ruby. I can log in as root or as peter and make and run a little ruby script. When I type startx I see an error which i have retyped below

X -config /root/xorg.conf.new -- the grey screen of death

2006-05-19 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I am doing a little better my second time through installation. I am in section 5.4.2 of the handbook[1] for installing x11 using xorg. (The handbook seems to need a bit of an update for 6.1-RELEASE.) 76. run the command Xorg -config it says that it detected my moust at /dev/sysmouse

Re: X -config /root/xorg.conf.new -- the grey screen of death

2006-05-19 Thread Peter Michaux
doh! CNTR-ALT-BACKSPACE rtfm Thanks, Peter On 5/19/06, Peter Michaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am doing a little better my second time through installation. I am in section 5.4.2 of the handbook[1] for installing x11 using xorg. (The handbook seems to need a bit of an update for 6.1

installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I am happy to have FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE and KDE running on my intel box. I am now trying to install MySQL. I logged in as root and ran the following commands # pkg_add -r msql41-server Added group mysql Added user mysql # pkg_add -r mysql41-client mysql-client-4.1.18_1 or its older version

controlling ports: connection refused

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I'm having fun getting things working with FreeBSD. Hopefully I won't have too many questions for you guys but another speedbump. This looks like a SVN question but I think it is really a FreeBSD question. I have Mac OS X 10.3.9 on one computer and FreeBSD 6.1 on another. They are both

setting host name during install?

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, During install, I don't quite understand the host parameter that I supplied for my networking configuration. I used DHPC and most of the parameters were filled in for me Host: Domain: gv.shawcable.net IPv4 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Name server: 192.168.0.1 IPv4 Address: 192.168.0.103 Netmask:

Re: setting host name during install?

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
you is that I did try the procedure above several times and it was working for me. On 5/20/06, Peter Michaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, During install, I don't quite understand the host parameter that I supplied for my networking configuration. I used DHPC and most of the parameters were