Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:45:01 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Marcel Stangenberger <marcel@hayholt.org> Cc: "Brent J. Ermlick" <brent@bermls.oau.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 lockfile? Message-ID: <20030102144501.GB4945@fishballoon.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20030102152110.I199@eldar.hayholt.org> References: <20030102111401.GA65231@bermls.oau.org> <20030102123215.I207@eldar.hayholt.org> <20030102131257.GA4945@fishballoon.dyndns.org> <20030102145019.G199@eldar.hayholt.org> <20030102141916.GA59713@bermls.oau.org> <20030102152110.I199@eldar.hayholt.org>
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On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:29:58PM +0100, Marcel Stangenberger wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Brent J. Ermlick wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 02:52:22PM +0100, Marcel Stangenberger wrote: > > . . . > > > i don't see what is wrong, a friend of mine just said the only solution is > > > to reinstall the entire machine, but i don't really consider that to be an > > > option. > > > > That doesn't make sense. What errors do you see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? > > > > -- > XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 3 September 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 i386 [ELF] > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Jan 1 10:02:54 2003 > (EE) Unable to locate/open config file > (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() That's not good... Where's your XF86Config file, and what's the ownership/permissions on it? The server seems not to be able to read it, for some reason. See XF86Config(5) for the full list of possible locations for the config file. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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