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Date:      19 Sep 2004 09:56:49 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        digish reshamwala <reshamwa@usc.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: XFree86-4 config issue
Message-ID:  <441xgy1hwe.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <2908ad23d012.414af836@usc.edu>
References:  <2908ad23d012.414af836@usc.edu>

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digish reshamwala <reshamwa@usc.edu> writes:

> After reducing the secure lever I was able to configure the XFree86 by using
> 
> #XFree86 -configure  & then
> #cp XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config  
> (Copying it in common location where XFree86 can find it)
> 
> But afterthat, whenever I tried to start the X11 using
> 
> #statrx  
> 
> the system simply froze??
> 
> Also when I tried to test the existing configuration by giving
> # XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new
> 
> It simply frozes the OS???
> 
> Any idea whats wrong?  Can u please suggest/help asap

Look at the log files (in /var/log) that XFree86 is producing to see
what *it* thinks is happening.

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/



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