Nubie can't connect to X-Server

Derek Ragona derek at computinginnovations.com
Wed May 17 06:18:13 PDT 2006


Assuming you loaded all the X stuff and servers, first run either:
xorgcfg
or
xorgconfig

Both are in
/usr/X11R6/bin

         -Derek


At 08:07 AM 5/17/2006, Joshua Larkin wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm a newbie trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop.
>I've been reading along in The Complete FreeBSD as I did the install but had
>a problem when it came to the "Configuring X" section. Mainly, on the Post
>Install Configuration menu, there is no option to configure XFree86? After
>searching, I booted up my machine and got to a prompt, however, when I
>"startkde," I get a constantly scrolling message that reads "Cannot connect
>to the X server." Any suggestions? Thanks everyone for your help.
>
>-Josh
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