*- On 12 Nov, Tam Ma wrote about "X window!!!" > I configured Xfree yesterday and I have entered in all the valid > information for my monitor, video card and so forth. But afterward, I run > "startx" and it gave me this error message: > > ---------------------------- > System: '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w l -R/user/X11R6/lib/X11.xkb > -xkm -m us -eml "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:"-emp"> " > -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the xserver" keymap/xfree86 > /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm
As the text says the xkbcomp error is not fatal to the server so something else is either erroring out or you do not have something set up right. I get the same thing. > > wait for X server to shut down. > ------------------------------ > > Do you guys know what this message means? This is just the normal exit message. Usually when your window manager terminates. Do you have a .xinitrc or .xsession file with your window manager of choice as the last command? If so it must not be started in the background like everything else. -- Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
