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Date:      Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:03:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        JS <chado@p3.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329220248.23543J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35164B8C.2C2A@p3.net>

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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, JS wrote:

> Gents,
> 
> Seems I am having a small problem getting the X server to start using
> startx or xinit.
> 
> Whenever I invoke X using either of the two I get the following error:
> 
> X: 250: Syntax Error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

Sounds like /etc/XF86Config line 250 is malformed.

> Also, in the book it states that there should be a /book directory on
> the first CD (which there isnt) where would I find that directory?

Look under /xperimnt/.

> PS: If anyone has any problems configuring Kernel PPP let me know...I
> spent most of the night getting it to work.

I sat down one day and with fairly naieve setup made it work in 10
minutes. What problems are you having? 

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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