FreeBSD6 Unleashed

Testing the X11 Setup

After you have finished with xorgconfig and/or hand-edited the xorg.conf file and saved your changes, you are ready to test the X Server.

Type startx at the command line to start the X11 system. If all goes well, your screen will go blank for a moment, and you should soon see a checkered background with a small × in the middle, as you saw in Figure 2.13 in Chapter 2. The × is the mouse pointer. After a few more seconds, the window manager should come up, the mouse pointer should turn into a more familiar white or black arrow, and you should be able to move the mouse around on the screen.

If you can’t move the mouse or if X11 seems to start but then quits with an error message, double-check your xorg.conf file to make sure ...