If you want to use the X Window System graphic shell in a FreeBSD guest OS, you should configure it manually. Running automatic configuration command X -probeonly
or X -configure
may not work. The X Window System can be configured using xorgconfig
text utility or xorgcfg
graphical utility. You need root
privileges to run them.
To start manual configuration:
su -l root -c xorgconfig
or
su -l root -c xorgcfg
root
password when you are asked for it.When configuring set the following:
Generic VESA compatible
video card.4096K
of video memory.You may set a single resolution for a particular color depth (for instance, if you are going to work with 16-bit color only, select any single resolution for it), and later select only this color depth for your configuration .