Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:57:26 -0400 From: Isaac Mushinsky <imush@mail.ru> To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.3 Install problems Message-ID: <01070218572600.17213@omsk.mushinsky.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0107020839140.67489-100000@www.stelesys.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0107020839140.67489-100000@www.stelesys.com>
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I didn't here of any special problems with it. It must be misconfigured. = Here=20 are some thing you may want to try. 1. Does this file home/jfreeze/.Xauthority exist? try removing it. 2. Try to go and recompile install wrapper from ports. (make deinstall &&= =20 make clean && make && make install) 3. Can root start the window manager? Can a user in wheel group? 4. Capture the outptut when you start X and send it here. On Monday 02 July 2001 08:42, you wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: > > > When running startx I get a long pause, then > > > xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/jfreeze/.Xauthority > > > xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/jfreeze/.Xauthority > > > > Install wrapper from /usr/ports/x11, or have root start xdm. > > I saw that in the docs and attempted a pkg_add on the wrapper > but it said that the wrapper package was already added. > > > > Fatal server error: > > > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log" > > > ... > > > > > > I am somewhat concerned about he config file, since > > > xf86config did not follow the sequence given in > > > the handbook and it did not link or write XF86Config > > > to /etc. > > > > The config file should be /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-= 4 > > Yes, the config file instructions are outdated in the handbook. Look = at > > man XF86Config. > > Are there known problems with XFree86 4? > > Does someone have a step-by-step install of XFree86 4 online? > > Thanks > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Jim Freeze > jim@freeze.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > No comment at this time. > http://www.freeze.org > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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