I was getting a 'X: /etc/X11/Xserver not configured' error when running 'xinit' or 'X' directly, yet 'xf86cfg' was able to initialise.
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Derek J Witt wrote: > Yeah, xf86cfg dies on me,too. But I got it to work by switching to the > console. and doing this: > > export DISPLAY=:0 > X & > xf86cfg > > I found that the keyboard setup screen crashes xf86cfg. Also, accessX > setup also crashes it. I get "compilation failed from stdin" along with > "Couldn't get keyboard." I'll let ya know about this. > > I do find it works quite well overall. > > ** Derek J Witt ** > * Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * Home Page: http://www.flinthills.com/~djw/ * > *** "...and on the eighth day, God met Bill Gates." - Unknown ** > > On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Peter Toneby wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 12:53:15 +0200 > > From: Peter Toneby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Derek J Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: problems with xdm (4.0.1) > > Resent-Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 05:53:23 -0500 (CDT) > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > > > On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 03:22:29AM -0500, Derek J Witt wrote: > > > Have you tried running xf86cfg, xf86config, or XFree86 -configure? Just a > > > thought. > > Yes, xf86cfg dies quite fast, and doesn't work for me, but I had an > > "old" XF4-config that I use. And there is a report further down about > > the cause of this problem.
