Extract from the text below (John Foster's comment): >I ran into the same problem except I got the main configuration console >screen but it does not work properly. I tried to make the selections for >my system and the buttons did not indicate which ones were selected. I >went thru the motions and when I hit the apply key for thekeyboard >selection, it crashed and I got a segmentation fault message.
I had the same problem when I upgraded to the new XFree86-package! However, the segmentation fault has now disappeared!? Why? I think the problem disappeared after I rebooted the machine, or maybe the problems disappeared after I installed glibc2.1. I can't remember. But, now it works fine! CH seems to disappear after that I rebooted the machine At 19:13 1999-05-27 -0500, you wrote: >Sean wrote: >> >> I just upgraded to potato the other day, and have been pretty impressed >> so far. The only hang-up I've had that I haven't a clue as to what's >> causing it or as to how to fix it is with XF86Setup. Whenever I run it, >> it cranks the screen where it asks me if I want to use the defaults, and >> I say no, and then it says the little blurb about switching to video >> mode might take a while. I then get the hatchmark-screen where the >> mouse cursor is a big X, and for a second the setup screen flashes, and >> then it goes away, leaving only the hatchmark screen. >> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace takes me back to the command line, where the comment >> "Segmentation Fault" always awaits me. This isn't a super big deal for >> me personally as X is still functioning perfectly well with the config >> file that was left over from Slink, but I was wondering if anyone else >> was having this problem and/or if there was a fix. >> >> Sean >___________________________________________ >I ran into the same problem except I got the main configuration console >screen but it does not work properly. I tried to make the selections for >my system and the buttons did not indicate which ones were selected. I >went thru the motions and when I hit the apply key for thekeyboard >selection, it crashed and I got a segmentation fault message. >I tried skipping this step, relying on the defaults and I got farther >along but when I selected done I got the same cross hatch screen and the >server locked up. I had to Ctrl-Alt-Backspace out of it. First time I >did that in 2 years. Good news is the leftover Slink configs seem OK and >Potato is running pretty smooth so far. Gnome and Enlightenment seem to >have come a long way. >-- >John Foster >AdVance-Computing Systems >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < >/dev/null