Re: [Sheflug] XFree4; still got problems...

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

Look in /usr/X11R6/bin, and see what the executable X is linked to (its a
symlink). Whatever this is linked to is started by GDM, startx, etc. Try
linking it to the XFree86 4 executable.



Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Barrie Bremner wrote:

> Will Newton wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> > 
> > > (II) UnloadModule: "v4l"
> > > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
> > 
> > Hmm. Why is this happening? I don't get this loaded on my system.
> > But I have got v4l working. Odd.
> > 
> > > (==) MGA(0): Silken mouse enabled
> > > (II) MGA(0): direct rendering disabled
> > 
> > This driver is only accelerated in 16bit so that is no big deal.
> > 
> > > (II) MGA(0): Using overlay video
> > > (II) v4l: init start
> > 
> > No errors. But here's v4l again. Try commenting the line
> > 
> >         Load            "v4l"
> > 
> > from Section "Module" in the config.
> > I don't think it will stop v4l working.
> 
>  I'm sure I tried the commenting out of this line when I was trying to
> get it to work on my own, dunno what I did.
> 
>  OK.... it's to the stage where the server appears to work as
> expected...I just can't actually fire the X server up in a useful
> manner!
> 
>  So far the only way I've managed to bring up XFree 4 is to run
> "XFree86" which starts the server, but not gdm, or anything else - I
> just get a thatched black and white pattern.
> 
>  I've looked at /etc/X11/xinitrc and man xinit and X etc and I just
> don't know.
> 
>  How do I get a proper X server running? What is causing the SVGA server
> to try and start (even when the XFree 4 XF86Config file is in place)?
> 
>  Baz.
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> Barrie J. Bremner
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