Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 22:20:25 -0500 (EST) From: Lisa Cozzens <lcozzens@gateway.us.sidwell.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X problem... Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951122202715.11196A-100000@gateway.us.sidwell.edu>
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Hello, I'm running FreeBSD 2.0.5 (will upgrade to 2.1.0 as soon as my
subscription disc arrives) on a Pentium 120. I'm having a problem with X
When it works, it's great. Unfortunately, I'm afraid to edit config
files, since it seems like whenever I do, X won't start again. I've run
xf86config multiple times and reverted to a "safe" /etc/XF86Config to no
avail, so it doesn't seem to be a hardware config problem. What happens
is if I type startx, X seems to load OK and I even see the default screen
with the little "x" mouse cursor, but before olvwm kicks in, X exits with
no error message and returns me to the prompt. It's got all the Ramdac
and mode stuff on the screen and just a line saying "Waiting for X server
to shut down." BTW, I'm running a Diamond Stealth Video 64 DRAM card with
2 MB of DRAM and in running xf86config, I selected the 37th card available
in the card database. I'm running whatever version of XFree came with
2.0.5; I think it's 3.1.1.
Please let me know if upgrading to 2.1.0 will fix this problem, as I can
live with it for a few more weeks.
Thanks -- and BTW, I had three other questions, but a search of the
FreeBSD mailing list archive revealed the answers to all three! Great
job, whoever maintains that!
Lisa
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