[LUAU] Re: FIX FOR: Window manager missing under FreeBSD 5.3

[webmaster at hawaiidakine.com]

webmaster at hawaiidakine.com wrote:
> Hi Gurus,
> 
> I am trying out FreeBSD 5.3 on an box which seems to run fine except 
> that the X does not load the screen for ( xfce ) the window manager I 
> use on all my FreeBSD 4.x boxes.
> 
> init files seem to be there, but I just get a black screen with a mouse 
> arrow and a left click brings up a small window with selections 
> including a way to quit.
> 
> Anybody have this or a similar problem installing X windows on FreeBSD 5.3.
> 
> Thanks for help.

Just to update on the xwindows error with XFCE and other window managers 
in FreeBSD 5.3.

Thanks to Edd, a FreeBSD Guru, we have found the FIX:

The problem lies in the gdk-pixbuf port. Recently a fix has been comitted:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=72775

alternatively update the port. Far easier.

Hope this helps!

Edd
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