Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:24:14 -0500 From: Jud <Jud@operamail.com> To: morten.gulbrandsen@t-online.de (Morten Gulbrandsen) Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: startx crashes FreeBSD 4.2 Message-ID: <3C31E2D5@operamail.com>
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>===== Original Message From morten.gulbrandsen@t-online.de (Morten Gulbrandsen) ===== [snip] >after re-boot >bash-2.04$ startx& >[1] 526 >bash-2.04$ >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". >giving up. >xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X >server >xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > >uname -a >FreeBSD earth.. 4.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #7: Wed Dec 19 18:49:23 >GMT 2001 morten@earth..:/usr/src/sys/compile/earth i386 > >Do I need to solve this before I "just download the source, read >> the docs, ./configure && make && make install && enjoy." > >Do I need to download it to a spesific /usr/ports/ directory ? [snip] >> I'm looking for a general purpose desktop solution, >> I have read recommendations about, >> FreeBSD 4.4-Release >> XFree86 3.3.6 >> KDE 2.2 or higher. >> >> I want no linux emulations, and I want to get as close as possible >> to real unix. I wanted to install some tools for viewing PostScript >> files. >> And for converting between PostScript and portable Document format. >> >> It was istalled , but it didn't work . >> >> Yours Sincerely >> >> Morten Gulbrandsen [snip] Morten: Do you have data of your own installed on this machine, or have you just tried to install FreeBSD? Also, what hardware do you have, particularly your video card? If you don't have any data of your own installed, the best thing is probably just to fdisk and start over. What to do about XFree86 if/when you start over depends on your hardware. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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