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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!news.dell.com!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!ctoriger From: ctoriger@starbase.neosoft.com (Chris Origer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X Installation Problems Date: 13 Jul 1995 04:06:52 GMT Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 968 5800 Lines: 38 Message-ID: <3u264s$7mv@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <3u1tr9$odn@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Joseph Steinberg (steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu) wrote: : My FreeBSD installation saga ;-( continues... : I have configured the X-server and some other things, but when I run X : all I get is a grey (i.e., black and white display) screen that goes way : off my monitor, with a mouse prompt 'X', and a frozen system (well, sort : of frozen, -- the mouse moves the mouse pointer, but that is all I can : do. I have to hit the 'RESET' key and reboot -- and pray the the : filesystem is in order -- to do anything). : I have a NEC 4FGe with an ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (I tried running with : the driver for this card and with the standard VGA driver -- both gave : the same, bad results...) : I entered the sync frequencies right out of my monitor manual -- so the : problem must be with something else. : Any ideas? : _ _ : | | ___ ___ ___ _ __ | |__ Joseph Steinberg : _ | |/ _ \/ __|/ _ \ '_ \| '_ \ steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu : | |_| | (_) \__ \ __/ |_) | | | | http://haven.ios.com/~likud/steinber/ : \___/ \___/|___/\___| .__/|_| |_| +1-201-833-9674 : |_| Try hitting ctrl-backspace. The reason you have the blank screen is because you are not starting a window manager. How are you starting X? To show you try this: switch to another tty and do xterm -display hostname:0 (replace hostname with your machines name) then switch back to the tty X has and you should have an xterm window. Chris