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Date:      Fri, 4 Feb 2005 00:37:25 -0800
From:      BSD Mail <bsdmail@gmail.com>
To:        nbco@screaming.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: couldn't start KDE.
Message-ID:  <8be663db05020400378b8fe2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <8be663db050204001874efe252@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 00:18:27 -0800, BSD Mail <bsdmail@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:47:53 +0000, nbco <nbco@screaming.net> wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 February 2005 09:04, BSD Mail wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:48:13 -0800, Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 02 February 2005 11:28 pm, BSD Mail wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > > Did you see the error message about /tmp/.ICE-unix. Check the
> > > > ownership.
> > > >
> > > > Kent
> > >
> > > Sorry I forgot to mention that this is the second thing I tried
> > > actually. I noticed the permissions for 3 other directory and the
> > > .ICE-unix under /'tmp as root:wheel I ran chown -R user:user on them
> > > it got rid of most the errors but still, I was getting an error about
> > > that .ICE-unix directory. the third thing I did is I rm -rf
> > > everything under /tmp and started kde again. Less errors and still
> > > showing the .ICE-unix error and my previous attachment was the least
> > > error I was able to get.
> > <snip>
> >
> > Hi,
> > In relaton to the .ICE_unix directory, UPDATING deals with it in part
> > (see below).   I like having clear_tmp_enable="YES" so to avoid this
> > problem, I created the directory /etc/rc.local with the following line:
> >
> > mkdir -p -m 1777 /tmp/.ICE-unix
> >
> > This means that I can still clear out my tmp directories automatically
> > on reboot and maintain the ICE-unix permissions.
> > I hope this helps
> > .nbco
> >
> > 20041229:
> > AFFECTS: users of x11/kdebase3, x11-servers/xorg-server
> > AUTHOR: lofi@freebsd.org
> > If KDE does not start anymore after upgrading Xorg to version 6.8.1
> > (X restarts when the KDE splash screen has reached the third icon),
> > please check whether the directory /tmp/.ICE-unix exists, is owned by
> > root and has permissions 1777 (read/write/access for everybody + sticky
> > bit).
> >
> > To make sure everything is in working order, do (as root):
> > mkdir -p /tmp/.ICE-unix && chmod 1777 /tmp/.ICE-unix &&
> > chown root:wheel /tmp/.ICE-unix
> >
> > Also, make sure you do NOT have clear_tmp_enable="YES" set
> > in /etc/rc.conf,
> > as it will remove the directory on every reboot and applications will
> > re-create it with the wrong ownership.
> >
> > Users of daily_clean_tmps_enable in /etc/periodic.conf should make sure
> > daily_clean_tmps_ignore contains /tmp/.ICE-unix.
> >
> Thanks very much that did help. I'm able to start KDE, and no more
> error pop-ups. There is only one small thing what would make my day.
> Under Control Center ---> Peripherals ---> Display I'm only able to
> run 640x480 @ 60 Hz I can't change those values. As I mentioned before
> I failed to use the Modes directive in xorg.conf  The video card is
> GeForce4 440 Go and I'm using the "nv" driver. I'm attaching my
> xorg.conf file. You won't see the Modes directive anywhere because if
> added kde or blackbox will fail to start.
> 
> Thanks again, have a good day.
Sorry forgot to attach my xorg.conf file.  I just need to know how can
I increase the resolution to lets say 1024x768 there should be a
directive that works if the Modes directive is refused by xorg.conf.

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Regards,

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Section "ServerLayout"
=09Identifier     "X.org Configured"
=09Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
=09InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
=09InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
=09RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
=09ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
=09FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
=09FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
=09FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
=09FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
=09FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
=09FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
=09FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
=09Load  "dbe"
=09Load  "dri"
=09Load  "extmod"
=09Load  "glx"
=09Load  "record"
=09Load  "xtrap"
=09Load  "freetype"
=09Load  "speedo"
=09Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
=09Identifier  "Keyboard0"
=09Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
=09Identifier  "Mouse0"
=09Driver      "mouse"
=09Option=09    "Protocol" "auto"
=09Option=09    "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
=09Identifier   "Monitor0"
=09VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
=09ModelName    "Monitor Model"
 ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
#=09HorizSync    31.5 - 57.0
#=09VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
EndSection

Section "Device"

        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"           =09# [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"           =09# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"            =09# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           =09# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"           =09# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"             =09# [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           =09# <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"          =09# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"           =09# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"         =09# <i>
=09Identifier  "Card0"
=09Driver      "nv"
=09VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
=09BoardName   "NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go]"
=09BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
=09Identifier "Screen0"
=09Device     "Card0"
=09Monitor    "Monitor0"
#=09SubSection "Display"
#=09=09Viewport   0 0
#=09=09Depth     1
#=09EndSubSection
#=09SubSection "Display"
#=09=09Viewport   0 0
#=09=09Depth     4
#=09EndSubSection
#=09SubSection "Display"
#=09=09Viewport   0 0
#=09=09Depth     8
#=09EndSubSection
#=09SubSection "Display"
#=09=09Viewport   0 0
#=09=09Depth     15
#=09EndSubSection
#=09SubSection "Display"
#=09=09Viewport   0 0
#=09=09Depth     16
#=09EndSubSection
=09SubSection "Display"
=09=09Viewport   0 0
=09=09Depth     24
=09EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
=09Group        0
EndSection


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