Hi,

Trying to creat a file " Xorg " to prepare the configuration and start my pc in graphical mode.

When I try the command "Xorg -configure" I get the reply :

" Xorg -command not found "

Can someone tell me what the problem is ?

I'm already login as root, so the solution is not that, save yourself some time if that was going to be the answer.

Thanks,

Why not keep this in the same thread as the previous post? And did you read the handbook? The one I linked to... which would have told you the other command to try if that one didn't work?

XFree86 -configure

I'm assuming you are running a version of FreeBSD < 5.3 or some other *BSD version. It would help a lot if you told me exactly what you are running.

Hi,

Because I thought it is was another subject and therefore was necessary to create a new section for it.

I' using free BSD 5

I tried the other command as well and that is:

Xfree86 -configure

The results was same commandnot found.

FreeBSD 5.??? what? What is the output when you run "uname -a"

Also, try the following:

The out put is freebsd 5.0 realease

Okay... so you are using XFree86 (which is not Xorg... in case you wonder if it makes a difference).

/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -configure

Does that do anything?

Yes it has made a difference, I have moved forward and have tested to see the gray and black screen with the mouse.

Now it asks me to tune the "XF86Config.new", it says I should open the file in a test editor like "emacs or ee"

I do not know how to go about this, can you help please.

Thanks,

If there is anything you want to change then you would edit the XF86Config.new file it created. If you can't think of anything to change... and I doubt you can unless you know your specific video card is supported or something and it didn't pick it up. Then we can just copy it to its final resting place. We can always change it later if there is a problem.

Now... running startx will allow you to use X. Please note, you must edit ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession if you want to use anything other then the default window manager. But you can test it before doing that if you want.

running the command cp XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config

and I get this error message :

cp XF86Config.new No such file or directory

But initially it told me the file was created and I even runned the test.

Does it tell you where it was created? Probably in the directory where you ran the command or ~/ your home directory.

Yes it tells me the location of the file is:

/root/XF86Config.new

Then:

cp /root/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config

Now I can lunch it sucessfully,
but I think I need to edit XF86 file because I cannot read anything on the monitor, I can see a blue screen and some black windows I can hardly read from.

Well... use ee /etc/X11/XF86Config and edit the file for some settings that work.

If you know what works in another OS try those settings. I really can't help you at this point... you need to read the file and figure out what you need to change... or at least what area needs fixing before I can tell you where to start.

Does the display size refer to the resolution to use ? for example 1024x768.

Or it refers to something else can give the parameters