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Date:      Wed, 7 Aug 1996 21:50:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Richard Heller <rheller@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960807214940.216L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199608071613.MAA04015@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>

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On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Richard Heller wrote:

> I'm having trouble setting up X windows.  I've got it pretty much up and
> running, but I can't get it to read the .xinitrc file.  What could cause
> that? 

Wrong permissions?  

How are you starting X?

> Also, I keep getting messages like "getty repeating too fast" and "repeated last
> message 4 times."  What are those error messages trying to tell me?

One of the gettys is broke.  Look at /var/log/messages to see if getty is
complaining in the log.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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