From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 2 6:43:40 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35F0337B401 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 06:43:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD84643ED1 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 06:43:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott.mitchell@mail.com) Received: from fishballoon.dyndns.org ([80.4.125.54]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20030102144336.JERA22267.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.dyndns.org>; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:43:36 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h02Ej9bO007805; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:45:09 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h02Ej1Uj007183; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:45:01 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:45:01 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Marcel Stangenberger Cc: "Brent J. Ermlick" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 lockfile? Message-ID: <20030102144501.GB4945@fishballoon.dyndns.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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030102152110.I199@eldar.hayholt.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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