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Date:      Mon, 3 Apr 2000 09:51:29 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Chen Liu <chen@netcorps.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Xfree problems startup (too many symlinks)
Message-ID:  <20000403095129.K21029@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <200004031527.IAA15958@work.netcorps.com>; from chen@netcorps.com on Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 08:27:05AM -0700
References:  <200004031527.IAA15958@work.netcorps.com>

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* Chen Liu <chen@netcorps.com> [000403 09:03] wrote:
> 
> HI, 
> 
> I got this message when I start "startx" after "make world" from 3.4 to 4.0.
> 
> Thanks!

Please use a descriptive subject line when posting...

> Script started on Mon Apr  3 00:02:52 2000
> > startx
> 
> 
> XFree86 Version 3.3.5 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: August 23 1999

...

> (--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles 
> (--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot open mouse (Too many levels of symbolic links)

ok, you did something silly with your mouse, whatever type of
symlink you have going, remove it and try again.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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