Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:01:00 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: XF86 4.2.0 "xf86cfg" command, one day at a time :( Message-ID: <20020403200100.A70658@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20020403192025.K66459-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 07:29:48PM -0500 References: <20020403191200.A70232@rochester.rr.com> <20020403192025.K66459-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 07:29:48PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > 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.) I disagree, a LOT. > > > > [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. Yes, those are binary packages. > > 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. > > :) Have you tried the port? It works fine. > > > 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." Frankly, I think this tool is garbage. Not one time has it ever configured X for me correctly (20+ attempts at different times.) I've always used xf86config, which works fine. > > 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. The sysmouse device should already exist. If it doesn't, MAKEDEV it. > > What are my chances at get this working TO- DAY- ??!!! :( Trust me, it's not as hard as it looks from the outside. Don't try to eat it all at once. Take small bites. > > -- > Peter Leftwich mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "MR NUTTY SAID EATING RICE VERMICELLI WILL MAKE YOUR GARDEN GROW!!!" - Little Girl from "WHAT WILL MAKE YOUR GARDEN GROW" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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