On version 3 I get a fairly large list of configured drivers but not several
screenfuls.

What goes wrong w/XFree86 -version?


Steve Tabler wrote:

> Yes, I found the message right after I responded to Ani.  I will re-visit
> the soft links and see...I may have been doing something wrong.  It kept
> giving me an error message.
>
> Regarding the -version....  When I was uanble to get XFree86 -version to
> work, I tried X -version, and I still got several screenfuls of stuff.  I
> think the reason is because of some things I've done and haven't gotten
> reversed yet.  I'll try to clean some things up and see what it gets me
> before I revert to another HD wipe.
>
> Thank you!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Wraith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Newbie]which X?
>
> >
> > I wondered if you caught my post about checking what /etc/X11/X is linked
> to? I
> > believe if you have installed version 4, all you need to do is redo the
> soft
> > link to /etc/X11/X.
> >
> > If you do ls -l /etc/X11/X, it should be currently soft linked to a
> version
> > three server, but if you just change the link to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86,
> i.e.
> >
> > cd /etc/X11
> > rm X
> > ln /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X
> >
> > you will find startx will now work with version 4. Also do X -version, not
> > XFree86 -version to check which version you have.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
>
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