Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:29:48 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Cc: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> Subject: Re: XF86 4.2.0 "xf86cfg" command, one day at a time :( Message-ID: <20020403192025.K66459-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <20020403191200.A70232@rochester.rr.com>
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, mpd wrote: [snip] > > I have attached /var/log/XFree86.8.log (odd, I only have 8 and 0 in /var/log) and wonder > > [1] Why is this logfile necessarily 690 lines?! and > Because 690 lines was necessary to convey the information. Very disconcerting. (Six hundred ninety times over.) > > [2] Right off the bat, does it matter that this line: > > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE-p1 i386 [ELF] > > ... does not say FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE as that is my OS? > Did you install binary packages? The Build Operating System is just that: the operating system X was *built* on. It may or may not cause problems. It shouldn't in this case. I downloaded a bunch of *.tgz files then ran the command `sh Xinstall.sh` originally. It would take me a century to figure out how to `make install` from scratch, but that might be favorable as I'd end up with one built on FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE *and* one that listened to /etc/make.conf where it says i686. :) > The only errors I saw in the log were that dri wasn't enabled (which shouldn't crash anything) and that /dev/mouse was already in use (presumably by the mouse daemon. The correct device to use in that case is /dev/sysmouse.) Well, I'm still just as lost as Forrest Gump on a deserted island. :( It really annoys me that the manpage for "xf86cfg" admits: "BUGS Probably." How mature and user-friendly. It may as well have lines following this saying: "EASE-OF-INSTALLATION-FOR-A-MODERATELY-INTELLIGENT-INSTALLER Superbly difficult. Find a grain of salt on a beach then check back here." I know how to make a new XF86Config.new file and mv this over to /etc/X11 but I feel that the mouse issues shouldn't be an issue (can I ln -s /dev/sysmouse /dev/mouse to shut this error up?) and further feel that dri should *work* :( I am continually (continuously?) lost as to whether the correct driver is ati or r128. What are my chances at get this working TO- DAY- ??!!! :( -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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