help, i'm a newbie

[Chris Readle]

I think what's needed here is to edit your .xinit file (it should be in
your home directory) and add a line such as "exec startkde" or "exec
wmaker" to the end of the file.  That should start up the desired window
manager for you.

chris

--- dillon ross <casp_semper at yahoo.com> wrote:
> that didn't seem to help much or i'm doing something terribly wrong. i
> did try to reconfigure x-server and went to xdesktop to choose default
> desktop (no other config opts.). when i run startx i get blank screen
> akin. typing afterstep at the command prompt gives the error msg. "can't
> open display.". i'm doing all of this on my laptop, with silicon motion
> graphics lynx em+ graphics card. is there a min on the video ram that
> kde or any such need to operate? 
> pulling out what little hair i have.
> newbie
> 
> peter lageotakes <plageotakes at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Have you configured X-Server? If not try this as
> root,
> 
> /stand/sysinstall
> 
> Select post config install.
> Select Xfree server (roughly). Sorry I am stuck on
> w2k now.
> 
> You should now have 3 or 4 ways to configure your
> X-server. I typically use the ncruses style
> installer. I believe that is the 2nd one down on the
> list. It works just like the freebsd installer.
> 
> After you configure your xserver, then you should
> configure your desktop (same menu as xserver). Once
> that is done you should have a happy GUI environment.
> The desktop that you configure will be your starting
> GUI once you type startx.
> 
> FYI: Check out the errata for FreeBSD. You cannot
> install both KDE and Gnome because they use a
> different version of LDAP. Listed below is the link to
> FreeBSD's errata.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/errata.html
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Pete
> --- casp_semper at yahoo.com wrote:
> > i'm a newbie and i just installed freebsd 4.8. the
> > basic installation seemed 
> > to have gone fairly well, i can use the console mode
> > fine enough. the problem 
> > is when i try to load a window manager, KDE,
> > Afterstep, Windowmaker (the ones 
> > i've tried thus far) i get a blank screen when i use
> > the startx command. when 
> > i try just typing afterstep or kcontrol at the
> > command prompt i get a "cannot 
> > open display" msg. any thoughts or suggestions? send
> > reply to 
> > casp_semper at yahoo.com
> > thanks much
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