I was attempting to configure routing on my BSDi machine and 
affected some file which affects the output to the console on X. The OS 
works fine, and X actually starts - I can type commands into the void and 
things happen (e.g. reboot, xset q > qresults) however, there is no front end. 
        There are two possible causes. First, I have been experimenting with 
wish and I ran accross ixset in /usr/contrib/lib/tk/demos/ which is just a 
wish front end to xset. I changed the screen saver function to the X icon 
pattern, which seemed to work fine.
        Second, on page 142 of O'Reilly's TCP/IP book it suggests I edit the 
/etc/rc.local to add static routing with lines like 

route -n add default 128.66.12.1 1 > /dev/console

        It was following some experimenting in the rc.local file that first, 
the screen came up but the mouse was inactive, and second, upon a reboot , 
the screen came up dark grey. I renamed my backup of rc.local so that file 
is back to its original form, but this did not address the problem.
        I did a ./MAKEDEV on /dev/console and that worked (no error 
response). I also tried that for tty00 and got a file exists response, 
however, the tty00 says that it is not configured. 
        Finally, I ran accross a xinit.log file which apparently was 
gernerated when the mouse problem first occured and it reported "Cannot open 
mouse: device not configured." failure of core devices.
        Its probably apparent that my competence in BSDi falls well short of 
that exhibited by many members of this group, so I hope problem will not 
appear tedious. I certainly will appreciate any advice that I receive. Thanks.
Hagen Finley
Berkeley, CA