Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:41:07 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: mike <g434g434@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FRUSTRADED! Shoot me? Message-ID: <20001024.23410700@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20001024220654.20563.qmail@web5205.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20001024220654.20563.qmail@web5205.mail.yahoo.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 10/24/00, 11:06:54 PM, mike <g434g434@yahoo.com> wrote regarding=20 FRUSTRADED! Shoot me?: <snip> Dear Mike,=20 Are you sure you have properly configured your system (mergemaster=20 step in /usr/src/UPDATING) ?=20 > whoah! I get a login prompt that says > FreeBSD/i386 (amnesiac) > Login: AFAIR, "Amnesiac" indicates that your hostname is not properly=20 defined/configured. This calls for a double or even triple check of=20 your whole configuration. > Ok, so now for the heck of it I login with my normal > user and attempt 'startx'. > I get the error message as both root/user > Authentication Failed - Cannot start X server. > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? I saw this error a few months ago, when I upgraded to=20 4-(then)-CURRENT. Since my configuration files WERE correct, I simply=20 rebuilt XFree, and the problems faded away. HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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