setting up XFree86 in Gentoo

**big_k105** · 08-29-2003

ok i have gentoo all installed but now im trying to get GUI up and running. i have

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emerged xFree86

or what ever its called and i have ran

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XFree86 -configure

and have moved the config file to the folder it is suppose to be in. my main question it that when i run

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XFree86

the server runs and i get a blank screen so i know that the config file isnt configured quite right but when i ctrl-alt-backspace out of X it doesnt say i have any errors. and i was wondering since i dont have the config file all set up the way it should be can i still set kde to download and compile this weekend when i go to my parents house and will it effect anything since XF86Config isnt set up exactly how it should be.

i dont know if any of that made sence but if it does thanks for reading and helping out.

**Mado** · 08-29-2003

Couldn't the blank screen just be from the fact that you don't have a windows manager installed? (I'm assuming you don't that is...)

**big_k105** · 08-29-2003

well when i was setting up XFree86 according to this tutorial im reading

# XFree86
This should again cause your screen to go black. After a few seconds, your screen
should be filled with a black-and-white stipple pattern, and you should see a black X in
the middle. The stipple pattern is the default XFree86 background, and the black X in
the middle of the screen is the default mouse pointer. If you wiggle your mouse, it
should move. If the cursor doesn't move, don't be concerned; this simply means that
we need to tweak your X mouse settings, which we'll do in a bit.

well it says something about there being a background so i figured there should be and i didnt get that or the black X in the middle of the screen.

**sarumont** · 08-30-2003

Use the command startx.

**Giro** · 08-30-2003

Even if he doesnt have a window manager it should load you into X.

**Mado** · 08-30-2003

yeah, I didn't realize that he didn't have a mouse at the blank screen...

**big_k105** · 08-31-2003

startx didnt work i dont know what was wrong i will configure that when i get home tomorrow nite. but i ran

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emerge kde

before i left yesterday hoping that it would be done when i get home tomorrow.

**sarumont** · 08-31-2003

Post an update when that is done.

**big_k105** · 09-01-2003

ok well i got xfree86 and KDE all working great with only one little problem left to fix. and that is my desktop is only showing up in a small portion of the monitor. like i have about a good 1.5 inches around the desktop to the edge of the monitor. and i was wondering how i would fix that. thanks for the hlep

**Mado** · 09-01-2003

Change the physical width and height of the screen wiith the buttons on the monitor. It shoudn't effect any other oses if you do it. Some monitors, like mine, even remeber individual setting for every program you run.

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