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Date:      Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Luke Dean <LukeD@pobox.com>
To:        Pedro Alves <pedro.sousaalves@uclouvain.be>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't run WindowMaker. Fatal server error:
Message-ID:  <20080706122909.W84746@border.lukas.is-a-geek.org>
In-Reply-To: <64d1ab581e3356d286e59b2b0e14b53b.squirrel@mmp.sipr-dc.ucl.ac.be>
References:  <64d1ab581e3356d286e59b2b0e14b53b.squirrel@mmp.sipr-dc.ucl.ac.be>

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On Sun, 6 Jul 2008, Pedro Alves wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have a serious problem with windowmaker.
> Every time I configure .xinitrc to launch wmaker, the server aborts
>
> here what I get:
>
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11. Server aborting
>
> xnit: connection to X server lost.
> wmaker warning: got signal1-exiting...
>
>
>
>
> So... What to do, as I don't find any information concerning this problem.
>
> I am running FreeBSD 7.0
> One week old cvs ports upgrade.

You may find clues in the Xorg log.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log

When I have this problem, or just about any X-related problem, it means I 
need to go rebuild my video driver.



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