[GLLUG] X on FreeBSD

[Michael T. Watters II]

FreeBSD requires a wrapper script for a regular user to run X.  Just cd /usr/ports/x11/wrapper and make install.  It should work after that.

On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:22:43PM -0400, steven collins wrote:
> ok, so redhat seems to have spoiled me a bit. I recently repartitioned
> my winderz box so I can start playing with freebsd. Install went fine,
> so far so good. ran xf86cfg as root and all seemed to be nominal. Now I
> try to run startx and I get:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
> 
> If I try startx as root KDE starts up but in 640x480 even though I have
> 1200x1024 in the xfree86 config.
> 
> Is there some 'trick' to getting X working on freeBSD or what? Am I just
> missing something maybe? Any help you guys could throw at me would be
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> -steven
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