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From: Isaac Mushinsky <imush@mail.ru>
To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>,
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Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.3 Install problems
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:57:26 -0400
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I didn't here of any special problems with it. It must be misconfigured. =
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are some thing you may want to try.

1. Does this file home/jfreeze/.Xauthority exist? try removing it.
2. Try to go and recompile install wrapper from ports. (make deinstall &&=
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make clean && make && make install)
3. Can root start the window manager? Can a user in wheel group?
4. Capture the outptut when you start X and send it here.

On Monday 02 July 2001 08:42, you wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Isaac Mushinsky wrote:
> > > When running startx I get a long pause, then
> > > xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/jfreeze/.Xauthority
> > > xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/jfreeze/.Xauthority
> >
> > Install wrapper from /usr/ports/x11, or have root start xdm.
>
> I saw that in the docs and attempted a  pkg_add on the wrapper
> but it said that the wrapper package was already added.
>
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
> > > ...
> > >
> > > I am somewhat concerned about he config file, since
> > > xf86config did not follow the sequence given in
> > > the handbook and it did not link or write XF86Config
> > > to /etc.
> >
> > The config file should be /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-=
4
> > Yes, the config file instructions are outdated in the handbook. Look =
at
> > man XF86Config.
>
> Are there known problems with XFree86 4?
>
> Does someone have a step-by-step install of XFree86 4 online?
>
> Thanks
>
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> Jim Freeze
> jim@freeze.org
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> No comment at this time.
> http://www.freeze.org
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