Installing/running X11

Folks:

For context, I have a fresh install of version 14. I've made myself part of
the wheel and video groups. I've installed drm-kmod, xdm, xf86-video-intel,
xfce, xorg and xterm. I've added hald_enable="YES", dbus_enable="YES" and
kld_list="i915kms" to /etc/rc.conf.

At this point, advice diverges significantly. Some sites say I should be
able to just run startx and all will be fine. Some want you to run xorg
-configure. Some want you to hack X11 config files.

What I can tell you is that X won't start with startx. For one thing, it
outputs these errors:

(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)

Also, for what it's worth, service dbus start works. But service hald start
doesn't. The error is:

hald does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup directories
(/usr/local/etc/rc.d), or is not executable.

I have no idea how to proceed.

Paul

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