Hi,
is it possible that the end of your log got truncated
out?
Do you have really a blank screen or the one one gets
when one lost one's .xinitrc settings (i.e. gnome, kde
or whatever is not started)?
Lionel
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>
>
> I downloaded the binaries for 4.1.0 from the Xfree
> site and attempted to
> install them on my Compaq Armada 3500. My original
> setup was a Redhat 7.1
> with XFree 4.0.1. But I believe the actual driver
> being use was the 3
> series. When I issue a startx, I only get a blank
> screen. I can not
> ctrl-c or ctrl-alt-backspace out of it.
> ctrl-alt-del does let me reboot.
> My first time installing was to install directly
> over the working X setup.
> When this failed, I removed /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6
> and then did another
> install. I installed all of the options and I still
> had the blank screen.
> I removed the directories and tried again without
> any of the options and it
> still did not work. I have ran strace, it looks
> like xinit gets to the
> point of waiting for data of the AF_INET socket for
> X0 in the temp
> directory. The X server (XFree86) goes really to
> the point of creating the
> AF_INET socket for X0 and output log stuff. And
> then it hangs. If I pipe
> the output of startx to a log file I get an xinit:
> Resource temporarily
> unavailable (errno 11). But I think this due to the
> ctrl-alt-del. I get
> no other error message. I have tried xf86config to
> create a config file.
> xf86cfg crashes with lots of undefined symbols in .o
> files. I get the same
> results with a config file for Xconfigurator. I
> tried a "NoDDC" option but
> still no luck. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Sorry about the long e-mail but I wanted to provide
> as much info as
> possible.
>
> Video Card is Chips and Technologies 69000 (Note I
> tried different numbers
> here such as 65520)
> Laptop with 1024x768 resolution.
>
> # File generated by xf86config.
>
> #
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> #
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**********************************************************************
> # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details
> about the format of
> # this file.
> #
>
**********************************************************************
>
> #
>
**********************************************************************
> # Module section -- this section is used to
> specify
> # which dynamically loadable modules to load.
> #
>
**********************************************************************
> #
> Section "Module"
>
> # This loads the DBE extension module.
>
> Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
>
> # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module,
> and disables
> # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within
> that module.
> SubSection "extmod"
> Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't
> initialise the DGA extension
> EndSubSection
>
> # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
> Load "type1"
> Load "freetype"
>
> # This loads the GLX module
> # Load "glx"
>
> EndSection
>
> #
>
**********************************************************************
> # Files section. This allows default font and rgb
> paths to be set
> #
>
**********************************************************************
>
> Section "Files"
>
> # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is
> the name of the
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").
> There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
>
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are
> concatenated together),
> # as well as specifying multiple comma-separated
> entries in one FontPath
> # command (or a combination of both methods)
> #
> # If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and
> emacs, Mosaic or other
> # programs take long to start up, try moving the
> Type1 and Speedo directory
> # to the end of this list (or comment them out).
> #
>
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> # FontPath
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>
> # The module search path. The default path is shown
> here.
>
> # ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>
> EndSection
>
> #
>
**********************************************************************
> # Server flags section.
> #
>
**********************************************************************
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>
> # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot
> where a signal is
> # received. This may leave the console in an
> unusable state, but may
> # provide a better stack trace in the core dump to
> aid in debugging
>
>
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