On Sunday 19 October 2003 11:30 am, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Scharf, > > Thanks for your response. > > # ls /etc/X11 > > showing following config files > wmconfig > XftConfig > XF86Config.example > > I viewed XF86Config.example. Its content has some similarity with > RH's. Can I rename it as XF86Config and have its content adjusted. > > Kindly advise what shall be the standard content of XF86Config in > Gentoo > > Thanks in advance. > > B.R. > Stephen > > Scharf Yuval wrote: > >Do you have a config file in /etc/X11 ? > > > >Yuval Scharf > > > >On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Stephen Liu wrote: > >>Hi all folks, > >> > >>Gentoo 1.4 > >>======== > >> > >>Failed to start X > >># startx > >> > >>XFree86.0.log as follow; > >> > >>XFree86 Version 4.3.0 > >>Release Date: 27 February 2003 > >>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 > >>Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 i586[ELF] > >>Build Date: 17 October 2003 > >> Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ > >> to make sure that you have the latest version. > >>Module Loader present > >>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default > >> setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) > >> informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, > >> (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun > >> Oct 19 21:28:59 2003 (EE) Unable to locate/open 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] > >> > >>Kindly advise how to get it fixed.Thanks > >> > >>B.R. > >>Stephen Liu > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
The .example is more or less a generic config. It will not work on your machine you need to read the documentation and follow the steps to create a working XF86Config. -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
