RE: Xorg -configure results a black screen
--On Thursday, October 19, 2006 19:30:45 +0200 Bjoern Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi again, I am able to start Xorg, but kde does not start. It seems it still has problems with my display. The most important failure messages that showed up when trying to start kde are : Xsetroot: unable to open display '' Xset: unable to open display '' Ksplash: cannot connect to X Server Kdeinit : Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set. I also copied my modified xorg.conf.new with "HorizSync" and "VertRefresh" settings from the /root/ to the folder /etc/X11/ but it seems it cannot find the file ??! What else can I do to get KDE running. Edit /etc/ttys like this: ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
RE: Xorg -configure results a black screen
Hi again, I am able to start Xorg, but kde does not start. It seems it still has problems with my display. The most important failure messages that showed up when trying to start kde are : Xsetroot: unable to open display '' Xset: unable to open display '' Ksplash: cannot connect to X Server Kdeinit : Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set. I also copied my modified xorg.conf.new with "HorizSync" and "VertRefresh" settings from the /root/ to the folder /etc/X11/ but it seems it cannot find the file ??! What else can I do to get KDE running. BTW : When I run "startx" first and then fire up "startkde" from the konsole in X , then KDE starts... I am new to Unix at all. I have no clue to search for a hint :-) Someone able to help me get KDE running from the Shell ?? Bjoern -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2006 20:34 An: Bjoern Thomsen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Betreff: Re: Xorg -configure results a black screen On 10/14/06, Bjoern Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new to FreeBSD. I am trying to configure Xorg but when I fire up the > command > > "Xorg -configure" I get back a black screen. When I try to start X it is > telling me a failure message: > > "Can't open display" . I have always had to edit the resulting ~/xorg.conf.new to add the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines to match my monitor, given that Xorg seems to not detect my primitive hardware perfectly. You may want to look up your own monitor timings, as these will likely not work. Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName"Monitor Model" HorizSync 31-92 VertRefresh 55-160 EndSection -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Xorg -configure results a black screen
On 10/14/06, Bjoern Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new to FreeBSD. I am trying to configure Xorg but when I fire up the command "Xorg -configure" I get back a black screen. When I try to start X it is telling me a failure message: "Can't open display" . I have always had to edit the resulting ~/xorg.conf.new to add the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines to match my monitor, given that Xorg seems to not detect my primitive hardware perfectly. You may want to look up your own monitor timings, as these will likely not work. Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName"Monitor Model" HorizSync 31-92 VertRefresh 55-160 EndSection -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Xorg -configure results a black screen
--On October 14, 2006 6:02:38 PM +0200 Bjoern Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new to FreeBSD. I am trying to configure Xorg but when I fire up the command "Xorg -configure" I get back a black screen. What do you mean by this? Do you mean that you don't see any text on the console telling how to test it? Or do you mean that, when you try to test it, you get a blank screen when X starts up? By blank screen, do you mean black? Or does it have a pattern? When I try to start X it is telling me a failure message: "Can't open display" . How are you tryint to start X? When you run Xorg -configure, an xorg.conf.new file is created in /root/. To run that you need to follow the instructions printed out on the screen to use the conf file you just created. Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new If you want X to start using startx or xdm or some other window manager, you first have to copy the newly-created xorg.conf.new file to /etc/xorg.conf. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/