Xfree86 problem

bkeating · 11-24-2002, 02:48 PM

I type:

#startx

and it tries to starup X but I have a problem... Guess it's display related and I don't know how to fix it.

error section of the screen contents:

Fatal server Error:
no screens found

X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "luke.wi.rr.com:0" in "remove" command

any ideas?

MasterC · 11-24-2002, 03:00 PM

Have you tried rerunning xf86config?

You might have broken your XF86Config file somehow, rerunning the config might sort it out.

Which distro is this Ben?

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bkeating · 11-24-2002, 03:08 PM

FreeBSD 5.0

I made the config file using the ncurses-based config utillitity...

any ideas? can i look at yours? (display section).

This is a friends machine.

MasterC · 11-24-2002, 03:11 PM

FreeBSD eh? I really like the BSD Devil, he's a cute mascot

... Ok, sorry, yeah I will have to ssh into my box (I'm at work) but I will get back asap.

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MasterC · 11-24-2002, 03:17 PM

Ok, I can't really post it very easily, but here's a link to it on my server:
ftp://masterc.no-ip.org/share/XF86Config

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bkeating · 11-24-2002, 03:18 PM

thx! yea, he/she is definetly cute

btw, use aim at all anymore? er... gaim.sourceforge.net

MasterC · 11-24-2002, 03:25 PM

I do, but I am not on my system alot, been working like a dog lately.

At work the system geeks won't let us install it, but I did manage to get cygwin on here, and can run windowmaker. So, maybe with some more work I could get GAIM running via that route here...

Any luck yet?

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bkeating · 11-24-2002, 03:28 PM

awesome

did i tell you I got my workplace to use linux/openoffice, etc. etc. in replacement for ms stuff

they like it too

anyway... I'll keep hackin at this Xconf.... thanks for your help and time

helped me out much!

MasterC · 11-24-2002, 03:35 PM

Wow, that's pretty sweet! If I didn't work for the Navy I'd probably try to get them to switch over too

That'd be so nice to do some linuxing here without having to ssh into my box, or run cygwin.

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bkeating · 11-24-2002, 03:35 PM

GOT IT WORKING!

not sure what exactly in my many step process but.. i think it was the file permissions.. was juse RX-RW-R-X switched it to 775

MasterC · 11-24-2002, 03:36 PM

Sweet, glad you got it! Always is very satisfactual to get things rolling.

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