Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 02:13:11 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> Cc: FreeBSD-XFree86 List <freebsd-xfree86@lists.csociety.org>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution [Can't X. Period.] Message-ID: <20020306015719.S62414-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <E16i7Dw-0004ko-00@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net>
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# startx 2>/var/tmp/startuperrorlog >/var/tmp/startuplog
Ambiguous output redirect.
I am at my wit's end with X (grrrr). But it's hard to draw an x through it
to show my frustration, because, well, it's already an X. Running "XFree86
-configure" works okay, and I can edit the XF86Config.new file so that it
uses /dev/sysmouse instead of just /dev/mouse but then "XFree86 -xf86config
~/XF86Config.new" does not work; The screen goes blank, makes a kind of
soft crackly noise like it is going into standby, and logs some confusing
stuff to /var/log/XFree86.0.log -- I have a feeling my woes concern the
"keyboard" driver whereas I would like to use the "atkbd" driver, and the
"dri" module doesn't seem to be happy!
I've been slaving at this 4.2.0 and KDE 2.2.2.to.infinity.and.beyond
business since February 17th and have made so little progress. Is there a
kindly soul out there that might accept my dmesg output and XFree86.0.log
file? (A special bonus to anyone who can also get me going with LINT and
kernel.conf recompiling concepts and issues!) PleasePleasePleasePlease?
Thanks in advance, (will PayPal$ upon success), :)
P.S. My next login will be tomorrow about 12 or 1pm PT.
P.P.S. And I thought the three toughest UNIX concepts were [1] redirection,
[2] test, [3] regexp's! It seems Xserver makes the grade.
--
Peter Leftwich
President & Founder
Video2Video Services
Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA
+1-413-403-9555
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> > > Question, how *DO* you capture the output of the X startup?
> > $ startx 2>&1 > /var/tmp/startuplog
> In redirection, order is important. The above command will send stderr output (file descriptor "2") to the console (not to the logfile), which is where stdout (file descriptor "1") is going at the time the stderr redirection is evaluated.
> If you want errors logged and want to use the stdout-address shorthand ("2>&1," rather than typing out a logfile pathname twice), you must redirect stderr after redirecting stdout:
> $ startx >/var/tmp/startuplog 2>&1
> Bob
>
> P.S. If you're curious about what the programmers deemed standard output verus error-class messages (which is sometimes subjective), you could, of course, use separate filenames for error messages and standard output, e.g.:
> $ startx 2>/var/tmp/startuperrorlog >/var/tmp/startuplog
> --
> "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." -- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
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