From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 7 14:32:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-relay1.mirrorimage.net (mail-relay1.mirrorimage.net [209.58.140.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B24437B505 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:31:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leblanc@mirror-image.net) Received: from leblanc.mirrorimage.net (leblanc.mirrorimage.net [209.192.210.146]) by mail-relay1.mirrorimage.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA26380 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:31:45 -0400 Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by leblanc.mirrorimage.net (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f77LVjT01571; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:31:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:31:45 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 wierdness Message-ID: <20010807173144.A1531@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010806181635.A3544@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> <5622162137.20010806152720@dsl-only.net> <4gwv4gyehk.v4g@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4gwv4gyehk.v4g@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-bright-idea: Lets abolish HTML mail! Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. Lou BTW, I didn't mention that there is an odd blue 'shadow' of a line right down the center of my screen. The monitor is on a switchbox, and this shadow doesn't show on the other setup (not a 'real' os). I'm really set on fixing this, if only to avoid ruining my screen. Thanks Lou On 08/06/01 04:07 PM, Gary W. Swearingen sat at the `puter and typed: > Tabor Kelly writes: > > > I am no X wizard. But if I were you I would try a different window > > manager. For a nice one, try Window Maker. > > > > On Monday, August 06, 2001, 3:16:36 PM, Louis wrote: > > > > Any ideas how to fix this? > > Louis, don't bother trying another WM; at least not before playing with > the X server. I've fixed video very-weirdness a few times by playing > with X server options (not video modes or other basic stuff), but > usually by upgrading to a newer version. In this case, that's almost > certainly a better use of your time. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ Space tells matter how to move and matter tells space how to curve. -- Wheeler To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message