I did some more checking, and to my horrors, it seems FreeBSD 4.5 installs XFree86 3.3.6 EVEN WHEN I SELECTED NOT TO INSTALL X. Probably a dependency issue--when I install some other package, somehow it automatically installs the old X even though I've got the new one.
Anyway, this is what I've got: - /var/log/X???.8.log reports version as 4.1.0, and got the symbol unresolved issue as enclosed. It uses /root/XF86Config.new as its config file and detected i810 automatically. - startx runs 3.3.6 (!!!), and uses /usr/X11R6/???/etc/XF86Config as its config file. I copied an old config file from my previous Suse Linux using the same hardware, commented out some unused font dirs, and hand-edited the mouse driver name (different between the two systems), and voila, got it running. EXCEPT that this 3.3.6 apparently shows configured drivers as SVGA only and didn't show i810. So it loaded generic driver, and will run only 8bbp and 320x??? resolution... So, what should I do now? Delete all XFree86-related files and start again? What to delete? /usr/X11R6? Shall I download from FreeBSD again? If so, what package or port? Or would I be better off to download the most recent 4.2.0 tgz from XFree86.org and run Xinstall.sh instead? If so, would there be compatibility problems with other graphical apps I have already downloaded (e.g. The problem where somehow I got startx running 3.3.6). If this is successful... Another question: I've already installed the package for KDE using /stand/sysinstall (similar to pkg_add). What should I do to enable kdm to provide logon after boot? Again, your timely help is greatly appreciated. Gilbie wrote: > I installed FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE over the net on my hard drive upgrade, > choosing no X (since 3.x only when installed at that time). > Then I edited file to load kernel support for agpgart at boot. > I downloaded the 4.1.0 binary packages. > I've changed security level to -1. > > My problems: > 1) xf86cfg won't run: caught signal 11, core dump, errors include: > Symbol yyy from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/xxxxx.o is > unresolved! > where xxx are the names of various drivers. > > 2) xf86config would run but the generated file doesn't seem to work > when I run startx. > (I don't have XFree86 3.x installed on this new machine as far as I > know.) > It'd complain about Section "InputDevice" not a recognized name, and > the SubSection generated under dbe > ** ALSO, (dont know if this tells something) it indicated that dbe, > freetype, and type1 can't be loaded as specified. > (Although libdbe.a is in modules/extensions/ and libfreetype.a and > libtype1.a are in modules/fonts/.) > > [The hardware works. Previously before this hard disk upgrade I ran > Suse 7.0 (using my old disk) and both FreeBSD 4.1.0 and 3.3.6 works.] > > I've searched the archives and have not seen any answer. > One person that got it working with similar symptoms had glide_drv.o > in the drivers directory, > but I didn't... Any help and a quck response would be appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
