| gabriel rosenkoetter on 5 Jan 2004 19:44:02 -0000 |
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On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:15:48AM -0500, admin admin wrote:
> just installed debian woody. everything is great, except i'm
> having a problem getting xwindows working. i've been using the
> xf86config to try to get it working.
xf86config(1) is pretty useless in my exprince. I believe that
Debian ships xf86cfg(1), which is much better.
Failing that, just do `X -configure`:
-configure
When this option is specified, the X server loads
all video driver modules, probes for available
hardware, and writes out an initial XF86Config(5)
file based on what was detected. This option cur
rently has some problems on some platforms, but in
most cases it is a good way to bootstrap the con
figuration process. This option is only available
when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid
0).
> Config Error: /etc/X11/XF86Config:48
> SubSection "extmod"
> Module section keyword expected
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
Where'd the XF86Config you're trying to use come from?
(Did you upgrade a system using XF86 3 to XF86 4?)
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:42:14PM -0500, admin admin wrote:
> what is weird, is that i have no problem installing xwindows
> using the old potato. i'll keep ya posted if i can get this working.
Unless I'm mistaken, you *did* just upgrade from XF86 3 to 4. XF86
3 config files won't work with XF86 4.
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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net
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