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John <clrsky00@yahoo.com> writes:

> I install fbsd 5.2 on a imb thinkpad 240x.
> 
> I have a siliconmoion LynxEM+, and when I start X, I
> got my system hang.
> 
> then i do a make install clean under
> /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4
> 
> I got some errors because some ports can't install,
> but i overcome it by installing them as packages.
> 
> thn when i start X again, I got
> 
> Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X0-lock
> 
> if i remove /tmp/.X0-lock, it will complain 
> 
> cannot move old log file ("/var/log/XFree86.0.log" to
> "/var/log/XFree86.0.log.old")

Make sure you have the wrapper port installed:
    [868] (be-well) lowell> pkg_info |grep -i wrap
    wrapper-1.0_3       Wrapper for XFree86-4 server
    [869] (be-well) lowell> 

> and i think XFree ver 4 don;t work with SiliconMotion

It certainly does.