Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 11:30:24 -0700 From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com> To: Martin Schweizer <info@pc-service.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install XFree86 4.2.0 Message-ID: <3CE940C0.9000102@dccnet.com> References: <20020520194311.B1182@saturn.spectraweb.ch>
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Martin Schweizer wrote: > Hello > > My sytem is a FreeBSD 4.5STABLE. I had XFree86 3.3.6. Now I have 4.2.0. If I > start X with xdm I see the X login for a few second and then the screen is > "blinking" that meens I can see the login and after a few seconds the screen > is black and so on. Also I hear my monitor is changing somthing > (click, click). After I hit CTRL-ALT-BACK I return to the console mode. > It's probably a wrong config in the XF86Config (attached)? What is going > wrong? > Thank you in advance. First check /var/log/xdm-errors and /var/log/XFree86.0.log for any hints. Did you use "xf86cfg" to do the setup? I experienced the same condition when I upgraded to 4.2. My workaround was to use "xf86config" (command line interface) instead of "xf86cfg" (GUI interface) to compose my XF86Config file. Regards, KG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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