Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 06:27:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Dennis White <dennywhite@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: root can't use xwindows since cvsup Message-ID: <20010709132739.89517.qmail@web13907.mail.yahoo.com>
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Can anyone point me in the right direction to read where I might solve this problem? I used cvsup a week ago & the only problems afterward besides the xwindows one were error messages on boot caused by my not having the right stuff in the kernel config for ipfw & natd. That's ironed out. No more errors. But, I can't use xwindows & although it's not really considered safe to do, it helps me a lot getting around which helps me learn quicker. I've checked files like .xinitrc & .xsession & compared them to the normal user's files. No difference there. I've tried to find some logfiles that might help & can't. I've tried reading troubleshooting stuff for x all over the net & still can't come up with anything. There are no error messages when the trouble happens. Xwindows starts to load & just when it's about through, it locks up & in about 10 seconds or so, reboots the machine. This only happens for the root user. X works fine for other user accounts. I don't want to reinstall, & am not asking for a "give me" quick fix, just some good places to look for troubleshooting it. Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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