Re: Why is setting up X so arcane?
>
> In article <[🔎] 200106281943.PAA13098@salt.office.aol.com>, David L. Craig
> wrote:
> > Is there anything in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? If so, please post it,
> > along with your XF86Config[-4] file.
>
> nikki@pentium:/var/home/nikki$ cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log
> cat: /var/log/XFree86.0.log: No such file or directory
> nikki@pentium:/var/home/nikki$ ls /var/log
> apache exim lastlog mail.info mysql.log user.log
> apache-ssl faillog linuxconf mail.log news uucp
> auth.log installer.log lp-acct mail.warn nmb uucp.log
> daemon.log jserv.log lp-errs mailman smb wdm.log
> debug kern.log lpr.log messages sympa.log wtmp
> dmesg ksymoops mail.err mysql.err syslog xdm.log
>
> wdm.log contains the stderr output from X, part of which I already
> posted - want to see more?
It might provide important information if you posted the whole file.
> > So you been using UNIX since 86. Have you used any PC flavors?
>
> Xenix (I told you it was a long time ago) and SCO Unix. Plus Solaris,
> AIX and System V. ALthough not a full-time sysadmin on any of these
> boxes, I did install and configure most of them. I am reasonably
> familiar with configuration, but I'm having real trouble with X (with
> which I have no experience).
Not even as a user? Or did you mean with XFree86? In an earlier post
you said:
> The machine is there mostly to run samba, apache, apache-ssl
> and php4. I need a solid, stable ftp client which will work
> through a gateway, and the ability to ssh in from other
> machines on the network.
None of this requires X. If the box is primarily a network server,
you probably don't want anything installed that is not absolutely
necessary.
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