I'm pretty new to Linux myself, and don't know how to redirect the output messages of startx to a file, though I'm confident it can be done. Maybe someone else can enlighten us on the details.
However, what you can do, is press Shift-PgUp; apparently Debian keeps a buffer of the last couple of screens, and Shift-PgUp/Dwn will navigate through them. This method has allowed me to see the pertinent info I needed to get my X up and running. ===================================== > Kent West ==== > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==== > KC5ENO ==== > ============================= > A day without sunshine is like... night. -Steve Martin On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Jesse Evans wrote: > Folks, > > Thanks for the tips, but so far still no joy. > > Regarding posting all the messages, I can't even read them all. > As the messages start to scroll up, the display blinks (trying to go into > graphics mode, I suspect,) then comes back to text. > Most of the (**) messages run past during this blank-out time. > > How can I capture these messages into a file so that I > may be able to see what's going on? I've tried looking in /var/log > to see if anythere seems related, but haven't found anything. > I think what I want to do is redirect stderr into a file, but > I'm new to linux and don't know how to make that happen. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jesse Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Debian User Mail List > <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: need help getting X server running... > > > >At 09:06 PM 10/21/1998 -0700, Jesse Evans wrote: > >> > >> Folks, > >> > >> > >> > >> (a long list of messages which scroll up the screen, followed by...) > >> > >> *** none of the configured devices were detected *** > >> Fatal server error: no screens found > >> - X11 TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 > >> giving up. > >> > >> xinit: connection refused (errno 111) unable to connect to xserver > >> xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error > >> > >> I'm running on a 133Mhz Intel PC with a Trident 9440 graphics chip. > What > >> is going on? > > > > > >Also, post the full list of errors instead of just the last one about > >TransSocket..... > > > >It's been my experience that by looking at those messages I'll see > something > >like "800x600 mode requires a horiz rate of 64), and then I can go bump up > the > >horiz rate in XF86Config to that setting (careful that you don't smoke your > >monitor by pushing beyond it's capabilities) and get a working res. > > > >================================================ > >Kent West, Technology Support > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Abilene Christian Univ., Abilene, TX > >915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 > >Amateur Radio: KC5ENO > >Debian Linux: Ride the wave with the penguins! > > > > > 'til next we type... > HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >