From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 20:31:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EDD616A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:31:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web53407.mail.yahoo.com (web53407.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.37.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CFC3343D2D for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:31:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from originjun@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20041027203115.82230.qmail@web53407.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.81.67.52] by web53407.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:31:15 PDT Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:31:15 -0700 (PDT) From: orig injun To: epilogue In-Reply-To: <20041027140238.7e3a68bb@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: originjun@yahoo.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 / XFree86 4.3 .0 on Dell Inspiron 5000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:31:16 -0000 Hello Epi, Thanks for your kind reply. Some comments inline : --- epilogue wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:41:00 -0700 (PDT) > orig injun wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am wondering if somebody can help me get X up and running on > > > my Dell Inspiron 5000 Laptop. > > hello, > > most likely. it has been running just fine on mine for years now. That's good to know. Could you mail me your XF86Config file. Even if versions of X vary, I can use it as a guide for my config. Just as an FYI, I had RH Linux 6.2 running on this box before and the version of X that shipped with it worked fine for 4 years. > > > > After installing the OS and X, I generated XF86Config using > > > XFree86 -configure. I am attaching the file below. When I > > > run 'startx' with this configuration file in /etc/X11, the > > > machine just hangs. > > > > > > The console shows: > > > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "machinename:0" in "list" > > > command > > > > > > xauth: (stdin):2: bad display name "machinename:0" in "add" > > > command > > i haven't bumped into either of these errors before, but whenever i'm > in > doubt, i google. did you? > > http://www.google.ca/search?q=xauth:+(argv):1:+bad+display+name&sourceid=opera&num=30&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 > > just from a cursory glance at the hits, methinks your 'hostname' > might > be the issue. Yes, I saw posts which indicated that. I obscured the hostname in my mail, but as best I can see, the host and domain names are set correctly on the machine. So I am a bit surprised that X doesn't pick it up. It turns out that X wants to look for a hostname in /etc/hosts and I added the name there. The xauth logs disappear but the machine still hangs exactly the same way as before. > > > > followed by XFree86 and FreeBSD version information > > > before it freezes. Nothing gets written to XFree86.0.log > > > > > > I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 Release #0 as downloaded from > > > freebsd.org. The XFree86 version that comes with this is > > > 4.3.0 released on 27 February 2003. The machine itself is > > > a 500Mhz PIII laptop with 256MB or RAM. Is X supposed to > > > work with this configuration. If so, could somebody tell > > > me what I am doing wrong or send me a good XF86Config > > > file. > > > > > > My only alternative would be to try Linux (Fedora 2 or > > > Gentoo) but I would much prefer to stick with FreeBSD > > > if I can. > > well, you most certainly can go that route, if you prefer not to > research the problem. however, keep in mind that X is X, regardless > of > the platform upon which you decide to plop it. in other words, good > luck with that solution. > > at any rate, i hope that this gets you moving in the right direction. > > > cheers, > epi > > p.s. there are much newer versions of XFree and Xorg. both are > shipped with an autoconfigure tool. is there any reason you've > decided not to run those? I was hoping to take the path of least resistance and use the out-of-the-box version. Using a more recent version of X is a good suggestion and I will look into it... Thanks again, Anouk. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com