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Date:      Mon, 20 May 2002 11:30:24 -0700
From:      "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com>
To:        Martin Schweizer <info@pc-service.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Install XFree86 4.2.0
Message-ID:  <3CE940C0.9000102@dccnet.com>
References:  <20020520194311.B1182@saturn.spectraweb.ch>

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Martin Schweizer wrote:
> Hello
> 
> My sytem is a FreeBSD 4.5STABLE. I had XFree86 3.3.6. Now I have 4.2.0. If I 
> start X with xdm I see the X login for a few second and then the screen is 
> "blinking" that meens I can see the login and after a few seconds the screen 
> is black and so on. Also I hear my monitor is changing somthing 
> (click, click). After I hit CTRL-ALT-BACK I return to the console mode. 
> It's probably a wrong config in the XF86Config (attached)? What is going 
> wrong?
> Thank you in advance.

First check /var/log/xdm-errors and /var/log/XFree86.0.log for any hints.

Did you use "xf86cfg" to do the setup?

I experienced the same condition when I upgraded to 4.2.  My workaround 
was to use "xf86config" (command line interface) instead of "xf86cfg" 
(GUI interface) to compose my XF86Config file.

Regards,

KG


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