Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 22:44:42 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Kirk Brogdon <kirk@alaptech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problems after 4.1 upgrade Message-ID: <20001002.22444200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20001002125156.A10374@bsd1.alaptech.com> References: <20001002125156.A10374@bsd1.alaptech.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 10/2/00, 9:51:56 PM, Kirk Brogdon <kirk@alaptech.com> wrote regarding= =20 X problems after 4.1 upgrade: > I recently upgraded from 3.4 to 4.1 and now X locks up as soon as I=20 run it. I am using a Cirrus 5446 card, NLX board and AMD K6 processor. = =20 This all worked fine on 3.4. Even if I try to to run the X link=20 directly (by-passing the window manager) all I get are a bunch of pretty= =20 colors and no way to break out other than the reset switch. > I've re-installed xf86 and ran xf86config about 50 different times to = the same result. If I run the graphical setup (Xf86Setup) the screen is= =20 jittering and degrades to the point that it is unuseable. I've tried=20 the SVGA, vga16 and generic servers but no luck. > Any ideas? Dear Kirk Brogdon, After upgrading from 3-S to the (then) 4-CURRENT, I met with annoying=20 X problems -- IIRC, PAM-related errors, albeit my configuration WAS=20 correct. In the light of some remark I had read somewhere, I recompiled X and=20 the problems faded away... HTH a little, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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