X Window problem

[Eduardo Viruena Silva]

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote:

> Hi
>
> I went back and repeated the steps of mounting and enabling the swap. I
> guess first time I did it I didn't notice the warning saying "the system
> wasn't unmounted cleanly, run fsck" and therefore mount and swapon
> didn't work. So I ran fsck and afterwards mount and swapon. Everything
> after went fine.

at least you corrected thatd.

> I came to the step of seeing the grey screen. I don't see grey but I see
> a dark bue on and the mouse cursor moves around, and it also works in
> non-gui mode.
>
> I am not too sure if what I see is OK. Please let me know before I go on
> to copy the file.

No, Elvira, it is not ok.

Try to read the handbook:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html

chapter 5.

It is almost 5 o'clock in México City.  I need to rest.


>
> Thanks
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Eduardo Viruena Silva
>   To: Gary and El Byrnes
>   Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:15 PM
>   Subject: Re: X Window problem
>
>
>   On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote:
>
>   > Hi Eduardo
>   >
>   > Thank you very much for your response.
>   >
>   > I have started the process you mentioned. I have gone through step one fine.
>   >
>   > I got to the point where I edited the /etc/ttys file back to what it
>   > was. When I tried saving it, I got a message that the file is read-only
>   > and use ! to override.
>
>   you did not mount your file systems:
>
>   mount -a
>   swapon -a
>
>
>   >
>   > What can I do now?
>   >
>   > Thanks a lot.
>   >
>   > Elvira
>   >   ----- Original Message -----
>   >   From: Eduardo Viruena Silva
>   >   To: Gary and El Byrnes
>   >   Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>   >   Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 6:56 PM
>   >   Subject: Re: X Window problem
>   >
>   >
>   >   On Tue, 6 May 2003, Gary and El Byrnes wrote:
>   >
>   >   > Hi Everybody
>   >   >
>   >   > I am new to FreeBSD. Just intalled v 5.0.
>   >   >
>   >   > I went into /etc/ttys and changed "xterm on secure" to have graphics and
>   >   > having a problem after that. The GUI wouldn't come up. The screen keeps
>   >   > coming to a dark blue with a mouse cursor cross on it then disappears.
>   >   > How can I fix this please?
>   >
>   >   1) go single user:
>   >
>   >   reboot your computer [if it is still on, press ctrl-alt-del]
>   >   when freebsd boots a countdown starts from 9 to 0, before it
>   >   reaches 0, press "space"
>   >
>   >   type:
>   >   boot -s
>   >
>   >   your computer will boot but it will stop asking for a shell
>   >   and suggesting:  /bin/sh       [press enter].
>   >   type
>   >   mount -a
>   >   swapon -a
>   >
>   >
>   >   2) fix the problem:
>   >
>   >   now, edit /etc/ttys and restore "off" in the line containing xterm.
>   >   save this file
>   >   reboot your computer by typing:  reboot
>   >   or press control-d.
>   >
>   >   you must be sure that you have correctly configuring X before
>   >   changing the line containing "xterm" in /etc/ttys.
>   >
>   >   3) configure X
>   >
>   >   To configure X you can try:
>   >
>   >   X -configure
>   >
>   >   it will try to find out which your graphic environtment could be,
>   >   and will write a file:  XF86Config.new  with the resulting configuration.
>   >
>   >   Try:
>   >   X -xf86config ./XF86Config.new
>   >
>   >   to test your configuration and, if it fits to your graphical environment,
>   >   you will see a gray screen and you will be able to move your mouse cursor.
>   >   Press Ctrl-Alt-BACKSPACE to leave this graphic screen and copy this file
>   >   to /etc/X11/ directory with the name XF86Config:
>   >
>   >   cp ./XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config
>   >
>   >   if the configuration you get does not fit to your graphical environment,
>   >   try to find out what graphic card, monitor, mouse, keybard you have and
>   >   try
>   >   xf86cfg -textmode
>   >
>   >
>   >   4) xdm
>   >
>   >   Once you have a functional configuration for your graphical environment,
>   >   then and only then you can change the line you changed.
>   >
>   >   >
>   >   > I have a flatscreen monitor and I am not too sure what video card I have
>   >   > - some cheapie.
>   >
>   >
>   >   >
>   >   > Thanks a lot in advance.
>   >   >
>   >   > Elvira
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