From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 31 18: 4:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A681E37B65D for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:04:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f11233900655 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:03:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200102010203.f11233900655@fac13.ds.psu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X denied video access; no error message From: "Richard E. Hawkins" Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dochawk@psu.edu Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:03:03 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I stripped debian off this system today (fed up again :), and tried to install 4.2. THe installation went smoothly, but I can't get X running. It seems that even as root it is being denied access to the video hardware. SuperProbe gets the message: SuperProbe: KDENABIO failed SuperProbe: cannot open video (this doesn't change with teh verbose option) XF86Setup tries to start X, and pops up a box with "Unable to start Xserver!" but leaves no .xerrors file (or anything else). THis is 3.3, though I originally asked for 4.0 (it couldn't register the server package, and failed during build of the server package when I tried from ports). I am running as root. I've reinstalled a couple of times, and before the last, I deleted /usr/X11R6/*. I've also tried installing "seejpeg", but it cannot get access to the video, either, whether as a user or root. I've tried changing the security to all levels, and the problem persists. Last summer, this machine was running 4.0 without a problem. I'm getting desparate! please cc me with replies; majordomo isn't talking back to me either :( hawk, the x-less To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message