Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:35:23 -0600 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with XFree86 4.3.0 Message-ID: <200303121335.01282.dsyphers@uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <1047494881.315.21.camel@gyros> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10303121225350.5991-100000@oddjob.uchicago.edu> <1047494881.315.21.camel@gyros>
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On Wednesday 12 March 2003 12:48 pm, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 13:36, David Syphers wrote: > > I upgraded to XFree86 4.3.0 from 4.2.0/1 today, and when I rebooted, > > nothing worked. To be precise, it claims that no screens are available. > > My XFree86 log file can be seen at > > http://home.uchicago.edu/~dsyphers/XFree86.0.log. /etc/ttys has > > > > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm" xterm on secure > > > > which is what worked before. Help! I am currently rebuilding XFree86 > > 4.2.0, and until then I am stuck at a text console that freezes every 30 > > seconds because it's still trying to start the X sever. Thus the terse > > nature of this email. Thanks, > > Try either deleting the Chipset entry in your XF86Config file, or rename > it to "GeForce2 GTS". Deleting the chipset entry worked. Thanks! As I recall, that line was generated by xf86cfg, so I didn't think a new version of X would break on something like that. -David -- http://www.seektruth.org Astronomy and Astrophysics Center The University of Chicago To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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