On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Marcel Stangenberger wrote: > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:29:58 +0100 (CET) > From: Marcel Stangenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Brent J. Ermlick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Scott Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: XFree86 lockfile? > > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Brent J. Ermlick wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 02:52:22PM +0100, Marcel Stangenberger wrote: > > . . . > > > i don't see what is wrong, a friend of mine just said the only solution is > > > to reinstall the entire machine, but i don't really consider that to be an > > > option. > > > > That doesn't make sense. What errors do you see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? > > > > -- > XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 3 September 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 i386 [ELF] > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Jan 1 10:02:54 2003 > (EE) Unable to locate/open config file > (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() >
Looks to me like XFree86 can't find its configuration file, which by default is in /etc/X11/XF86Config. This file needs to be generated by a configuration program. You can either do this in /stand/sysinstall or by running 'xf86config' manually, which is my preferred method. Re-installing the box is certainly not necessary. I mean, this isn't Windows .... ;) # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
