On July 14, 2003 02:34 pm, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 10:18:51PM -0500, Andy Goth wrote: > > On Sunday, July 13, 2003 3:14 pm, Geoff Petzold wrote: > > > I have stumbled onto something thsat is interesting... if i move the > > > file into my /etc/X11/ directory and rename it as XF86Config-4 then > > > everything works fine (ie both screens work the way i thought they > > > would. Thats wierd how that when i typed X -xf86config /root/<blah> it > > > wouldnt work... but if > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > i move it into /etc/X11/ it works... does anyone know why that is?? > > > > Shrug. That's weird. > > I don't think that's the proper command line syntax, is it, Andy? > > [ looks ] > > Oh, I'm wrong. It *does* say, though, that only root can use absolute > pathnames; Geoff; are you running as root? Is your X server binary, for > some odd reason, accidentally setUID to something else, perhaps? what do you mean is my Xserver binary?? what does that mean... as per your other question... yes i am running as root... either by the "su" and then password... or specifically logged in as root... > > > > It works except that it is two SEPERATE desktops... i can move the > > > mouse from one to annother but not any windows. If i put the Option > > > "Xinerama" into the Xf86Config file my xserver crashes and i have to > > > reset my computer.... so right now i can get the two monitors up and > > > running but with two seperate desktops... and i want to know how i can > > > set them up so it is one desktop accross two monitors... > > > > Xinerama problem? > > > > Why do you have to reset your computer? Do you get a black or garbled > > display? Do Num Lock and Caps Lock fail to respond? > > > > Try crashing X again and then ping your computer from a different host. > > If you get a response, then your computer isn't really halted. Then try > > telnetting in. See if you can bring down X through the remote shell > > (first use kill, and then if that doesn't work, kill -9). Also you might > > want to try strace or gdb to see what XFree86 is up to. top can tell you > > if X is caught in an infinite loop or similar (~100% CPU time). > And try, also, Ctrl-Alt-F1, to see if you can switch back to a text > console. If so, it's only X that's hung. Yeah.... i press every combination of keys i can think of... NOTHING works... :( > Cheers, > -- jra Thanks Geoff -- Geoff Petzold [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
