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On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Paul A. Scott wrote:

> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 17:28:42 -0800
> From: Paul A. Scott <pscott@skycoast.us>
> To: Charles Pelletier <fozekizer@attbi.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: xfree86 failing
> 
> > I've now tried about 10 different times to configure xfree86server 4.2.1.
> > each time, the process 'seems to have failed.' ideas as to why, anyone?
> 
> You might be having the same problem as me, and many others.
> 
> Try running XFree86 from the command line, rather than from sysinstall. See
> if you get a signal 11. Check /var/log/XFree86.0.log to see where the
> problem occurs. What video hardware are you using?
> 
> Paul A. Scott
> mailto:pscott@skycoast.us
> http://skycoast.us/pscott/
> 
> 

Post the output of the 'startx' command or the contents of the log file if 
possible.

JB

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