okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config
that worked for me. however, my pcmcia-ethernet still isn't working. i installed those packages and modules...isn't there anything else i need to do? > > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config file with > > that setup program, and this time i even got a nice screen and a good > > resolution. anyway, when i run startx it doesn't work either. the problem is > > with X because i get the following output when i run either X or startx: > > > > var: allowed_users, value: rootonly. > > var: nice_value, value: -10. > > > > the funny thing is that i can start x out of that XF86Setup thingie but not > > from the command-line. can you help me out? anyone? > > > > thanks! > > > > -amael > > XF86Setup uses the VGA16 server. > > From the commandline, are you root, or someone else? > > > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
