Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:47:26 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 wierdness Message-ID: <20010807184726.B1531@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <20010808093942.B38018@itouchnz.itouch> References: <20010806181635.A3544@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> <5622162137.20010806152720@dsl-only.net> <4gwv4gyehk.v4g@localhost.localdomain> <20010807173144.A1531@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> <20010808093942.B38018@itouchnz.itouch>
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This is what it says: Fatal server error: Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log" When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org. Then it freezes until I hit <CTRL>C: xinit: unexpected signal 2 But ls -l /var/log/XFree86.0.log shows this: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1050 Aug 7 17:04 /var/log/XFree86.0.log Which is the same permissions as most of the logfiles in /var/log. Should I try reconfiguring X? Can I still do it from /stand/sysinstall? Thanks Lou On 08/08/01 09:39 AM, Jonathan Chen sat at the `puter and typed: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 05:31:45PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > Ok, I got XFree86-4 installed from the ports. Then, I brought down to > > single user mode, and brought back up to multiuser mode. > > > > Immediately, getty started complaining that xdm was hitting tty8 too > > quickly, and went to sleep for 30 seconds. 6 times. It never came up > > to xdm. > > > > I went to /etc/ttys and commented out the line saying to turn on xdm. > > Back to single user, then back to multi again. No good. > > > > What the heck did I do wrong? I told the configure process to install > > xdm, but that is the only thing out of the ordinary. Any help is > > apprecated. > > When you install a new version of X, the first thing to do is to see > whether 'startx' comes up properly. If that does, *then* you uncomment > the line for xdm. > > So. What does the output of startx say? Does it come up at all? > -- > Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. > Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. > -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. -- Dylan Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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