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Re: XFree86 4.2, sarge. Won't run.



Andrew Gammell wrote:

Ok, slight problem with those links, instead just go to
http://people.unb.ca/~g026r/ and there's links to the various files.
Hope this didn't cause anyone too much trouble!

-Andrew

Ok, this one has been confusing me for the past couple of days, as it's
not something I've seen before. I have X 4.2 installed (the 4.2.0-3
packages), ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and set it to some nice
safe options, ran it, the lovely standard X background came up
and...nothing. X shuts down without even a whimper. I'm lost here, I've
had X working with this machine/card combination (back in Slack 7.1) and
I've had it working with this card on another machine (woody)
Unfortunately, I don't have access to either of those configs, one's just
too old to have been kept, and the other has "gone to a better place"
(thank you very much IBM)

I can however make available my current logs and configs (they're on a web
server to keep this message from getting to long)

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 : http://people.unb.ca/~g026r/XF86Config-4 <http://people.unb.ca/%7Eg026r/XF86Config-4>
/var/log/XFree86.0.log : http://people.unb.ca/~g026r/XFree86.0.log <http://people.unb.ca/%7Eg026r/XFree86.0.log>
output of startx 2> startx.log : http://people.unb.ca/~g026r/startx.log <http://people.unb.ca/%7Eg026r/startx.log>

Here's my hardware config for anyone who thinks they can help:
Card: 3Dfx Voodoo3 3000 (AGP)
Card: Packard Bell PB548SVGL

I've tried it with both the stock 2.4.18bf2.4 kernel and a custom built
2.4.19 kernel, same result.

I'd run X -configure and hope for the best, but unfortunately this
monitor's one I swiped off an old 486, and as such can't be detected
properly.

Looks to me like X is starting, but maybe it's not finding any clients to run and is then just exiting. Try creating a file in your home directory named .xinitrc and put the single line in it:
   twm
(or icewm, or fvwm, etc)
I'd also copy the file to .xsession since I never remember when .xinitrc is read vs .xsession.

Then try starting X.

Kent




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