On 29 Nov, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled:
-> hi all
->
-> firstly thanks very much for all the opinions and experiences with MB,s I
-> have alot to think about before i buy but anyway..
->
->
-> whilst playing w/ apt-get ;-) *ahem* i seem to have stuffed up X
-> without breaking any dependencies which is weired . I think
-> i was trying to get some more fonts for gimp or somthing i now get the
-> following.. It complains about the alt keyword etc but they are not the
-> problem i didnt change anything to do w/ them and i tried commenting them
-> out. anyideas.. oh and root gives the same problem.
->
-> debian unstable and the vid card is a plain old ati nothing fancy
->
-> thanks all
-> alex
->
-> salmona@vila:~$
-> salmona@vila:~$
-> salmona@vila:~$ startx
->
-> var: allowed_users, value: rootonly.
-> var: nice_value, value: -10.
->
-> This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
-> way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted
-> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
-> please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
-> (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)
->
-> XFree86 Version 4.0.1f / X Window System
-> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
-> Release Date: 16 November 2000
-> 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/FAQ)
-> Operating System: Linux 2.2.18pre15 i686 [ELF]
-> Module Loader present
-> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Nov 29 07:50:46 2000
-> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
-> Parse warning on line 43 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
-> Ignoring obsolete keyword "LeftAlt".
-> Parse error on line 43 of section Keyboard in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
-> "Meta" is not a valid keyword in this section.
-> (EE) Problem parsing the config file
-> (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
->
-> Fatal server error:
-> no screens found
->
-> 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).
-> salmona@vila:~$
you upgraded your debain X package - it has moved you from Xfree86 3.x
to 4.x - and 4.x has some incompatabilities with the old 3.x config
files (it's cleaner now) - you'll have to "roll your own" config file
(XF86Config) to fix it :)
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