Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:33:42 -0400 From: "Martin Mactaggart" <martinm@visualedge.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X server problem Message-ID: <001d01bf1bea$6c54d7a0$a600a8c0@visualedge.com>
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Well, this won't help you with your ld.so problem, but .xinitrc and
.xsession should have more than just exec gnome-session.... There should be
a second line to start your WM....
maybe:
exec gnome-session &;
exec enlightenment
"bus error - core dumped" seems familiar to me... I think I got that
when I tried to run the Linux version of NetScape prior to installing the
linux compatibility libraries... Maybe you could try installing those
("pkg_add linux_compat5.2.tgz" or something, find it on your CD's or from
freebsd.org, or use /stand/sysinstall) and see what happens; you probably
have the linux version of ld-linux.so, though I imagine the linux compat
libs have their own ld-linux.so so you might want to try renaming the one
you dl'ed ("hide" it somewhere) b4 installing them and see what happens (ie:
whether or not you get a new one that doesn't core dump on you when X uses
it...).
Last and definitely least, you may want to try installing and using kde
(install KDE using the "post-install configuration" option given when you
run /stand/sysinstall, and use it by changing .xinitrc and .xsession to
"exec startkde" rather than "exec enlightenment" as per above...), since I
think Enlightenment is very very Beta, and might not be the best WM to use
to get familiar with configuring X.
Good luck, and back up your system b4 following MY advice (I'm a newbie)
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Ulyate <dugg@iafrica.com>
To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 3:58 PM
Subject: X Server Problem
Hi,
Just one note, I sent this message to the Questions list a couple of
days ago, and haven't received a relpy. Is there no other option that
re-installing X?. At least, I can only see reinstalling X as the best
option at the moment.
uname -a output:
FreeBSD Bismuth 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 16 18:25:12
GMT 1999
jhay@exteension.mikom.csir.co.za:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
When I tried to run startx, I got the following message:
/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "ld-linux.so.2" not found
So, I don't know whether this was the correct thing to do or not, I
downloaded the file "ld-linux.so.2". Now, I get the following message
when I run startx:
Bus error - core dumped
This then creates a file called xinit.core in my home directory.
When I run xdm, I get the login screen, but after logging in, it just
sends me back to the login screen. The file .xsession-errors contains
the following:
exec: /home/drdugg/.xsession: permission denied
I must just point out that sometimes I tried to run xdm as a regular
user, and not after running su, by mistake.
On the X Desktop, I have GNOME with Enlightenment, but haven't actually
loaded them because the X Server keeps giving me the abovementioned
error messages. Both .xinitrc and .xsession contain just one line, exec
gnome-session.
TIA
DouglasF
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