Date: 24 Dec 2002 20:07:38 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: "A.Z." <synfin@unixroute.com> Cc: nkinkade@dsl-only.net, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Prroblem with X Message-ID: <1040760457.58381.213.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <003d01c2ab98$a52c7c90$6400a8c0@u84jfw35cqecx9> References: <002d01c2ab88$35df8c20$6400a8c0@u84jfw35cqecx9> <1040753332.58381.195.camel@localhost> <005201c2ab8a$230609b0$6400a8c0@u84jfw35cqecx9> <1040754392.58381.198.camel@localhost> <006101c2ab8d$98063fc0$6400a8c0@u84jfw35cqecx9> <1040755851.58381.201.camel@localhost> <000801c2ab90$738806d0$6400a8c0@u84jfw35cqecx9> <20021224195320.GA52474@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> <1040760015.58381.208.camel@localhost> <003d01c2ab98$a52c7c90$6400a8c0@u84jfw35cqecx9>
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On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 22:06, A.Z. wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stacey Roberts" <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> > To: <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> > Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: Prroblem with X > > > > On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 19:53, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 01:07:21PM -0800, A.Z. wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Yes, it worked before with other versions just fine. > > > > > > > > <snipped> > > > > > > > > > > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, > removing > > > > from list! > > > <huge snip> > > > > > > I don't think that the fact that X couln't init Speedo fonts would cause > > > X to fail startup completely. Are there no other informative messages > > > at the end of /var/log/XFree86.0.log? Why don't you try paring down > > > your .xinitrc file to only contain something simple like "exec twm". If > > > that works then start backtracking. Or possibly try setting your X > > > config for the lowest possible resources, like using a default color > > > depth of 8 and a Mode of 800x600, just to help eliminate the possiblity > that > > > it might be resource related. > > > > > > Nathan > > > > > > > Is it possible to let us know under what setup this worked before? > > > > If we could get a sense of what worked before, then it might assist in > > assessing what's different this time around. > > > > What version of "what" worked fine before? > > > > Stacey > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > > Stacey Roberts > > B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science > > > > Web: www.vickiandstacey.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > It worked before with KDE 2, on FreeBSD 4.3 with XFree86 4.0.2, the only > difference is I have used XF86Setup before, now I used xf86config... Okay. Do you have the old XFree86 config file around still? I suspect that this might well be a case of your having to re-run XFree86Config again, and see if you get better results next time. I'd go along with Nathan on this point: Just try to go for a basic X Server config, and see what happens. Stacey -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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