FBSD 8.2R can't startx

[Peter Jeremy]

On 2011-Mar-17 20:47:28 +0700, Gua Chung Lim <gua.chunglim at gmail.com> wrote:
>I installed FBSD 8.1R, xorg and KDE shipped with DVD.
>It could not startx. The GUI screen was still black.

The Xorg Project seems to concentrate as much on reducing portability
and breaking existing functionality as on fixing bugs and improving
functionality.  You have fallen into one of their traps:  By default,
the Xserver now starts with a black screen to ensure you can't tell
if it's actually working or not.  (In order to make this even less
clear, Ctrl-Alt-BS has also been disabled by default).

>And only a small square box appeared on the screen.
>This square box moved responding to mouse movement.

That sounds promising - it sounds like the Xserver is running, you
have a mouse cursor (though maybe without the correct font) and mouse
input is working.

Are any errors reported when you stop X?
Have you tried reverting to the default xinitrc (starting twm and
a couple of xterms)?  This will help distinguish between a problem
with Xorg and a problem with KDE.

Can you please post your Xorg.0.log

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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