No no, i got rid of all of the X* applications, then i ran the
Xinstall.sh from the ftp site.
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Lionel Lecoq wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm afraid, you got rid of X...
> The 4.x.x server *was* /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
> Lionel
> --- Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thanks alot =)
> >
> > I actually solved it before hand by going into
> > /usr/X11R6/bin, and
> > deleting anything with X* (very stupid, but i am
> > desperate).
> >
> > Anyway, when i do the startx (the links are set up
> > nicely now,) i get
> > the following error:
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> >
> > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
> > When reporting a problem related to a server crash,
> > please send
> > the full server output, not just the last messages.
> > This can be found in the log file
> > "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> > Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server
> > shutdown).
> >
> > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0" in "remove"
> > command
> > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name ":0" in "remove"
> > command
> >
> >
> > I tried doing xf86cfg (as root) and it did a few
> > scanlines, then showed
> > the default background display (pardon my
> > non-ability to name things),
> > opened a window in what seemed to be twm with images
> > of a box, mouse,
> > card, blah blah. When i moved my mouse around, it
> > suddenly froze for a
> > few seconds, and crashed. Then froze my entire
> > machine for about two
> > minutes, and returned me to the prompt. Before
> > freezing, it showed me a
> > signal 11 fault, and alot of xkbcomp errors.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks, again.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Lionel Lecoq wrote:
> >
> > > A dumb question: have you tried XFree86 -version
> > > I have had a similar problem: two versions of X
> > > installed X as a symlink to 3.3.6, XFree86 the new
> > > version (in my case 4.0.3) not being used by
> > startx...
> > >
> > > In case you have installed 4.x.x properly, then
> > you
> > > must change the /etc/X11/X symlink to point to
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
> > > hope that helps...
> > > Lionel
> > > --- Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Ive been trying to upgrade/install to a version
> > of
> > > > xfree86 higher then
> > > > 3.3.6 for a few months now. I use
> > > > freebsd4.3-release, and am quite
> > > > familiar with it.
> > > >
> > > > Ive tried the /stand/sysinstall option of going
> > to
> > > > the ports section and
> > > > downloading the binaries, but for whatever
> > reason,
> > > > the installation
> > > > stops whenever i reach that pkg_add phase.
> > > >
> > > > I also tried installing by downloading all thar
> > > > tarballs from
> > > >
> > >
> >
> ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/FreeBSD-4.x/,
> > > > which was
> > > > my latest attempt.
> > > >
> > > > So when i did an X -version, i got the following
> > > > message:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Windows System
> > > > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release
> > > > 6300)
> > > > Release Date: January 8 2000
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > Blah blah
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Atm, i am using Xwrapper, and managed to get
> > > > windowmaker running (ive
> > > > been through this before).
> > > >
> > > > I am still interested in getting 4.1.0.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
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