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Date:      Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:05:13 +0200
From:      Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderror.at>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: X issue
Message-ID:  <20040825070513.GC626@stderror.at>
In-Reply-To: <5878D00B313A8D4E8D00B7E3082FC693067A04@FF01.marsik.org>
References:  <5878D00B313A8D4E8D00B7E3082FC693067A04@FF01.marsik.org>

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On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:00:47PM -0500, Dustin wrote:
> I'm having some issues, I believe with XFree86.  I just installed FreeBSD=
 5.2.1 Rel, installed XFree86 v 4.3.0, then ran CVsup to update my ports tr=
ee, then installed Fluxbox from ports.  I managed to configure it well enou=
gh to get into Fluxbox, but when I exited out from X, the system would hang=
=2E  I ended up having to hard-shut it down after it hung.  Now I cannot ge=
t back into X.  When I run 'startx', the system hangs.
> What kind of things can I try now?

- try if your box is reachable via network (ssh). if yes, kill XFree86
  this should relinquish your console

- look through /var/log/XFree86.0.log

- which kind of graphic card are you using?

- break your lines after 65 characters, so your e-mails become more
  readable to us

hth,
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Wer es einmal so weit gebracht hat, dass er nicht | toni at stderror dot at
mehr irrt, der hat auch zu arbeiten aufgehoert    | Toni Schmidbauer
-- Max Planck                                     |

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