i'm a newbie so take this for what it is worth but i have read that
X...4 only uses one server and not one of the selection available before
and that as a result the symbolic link that was probably made during
your previous install needs to be undone -before installing the new
version i think-
if you have run a configuration routine you have probably allowed it to
set a symlimk that it shouldn't, possibly it was a previous version of
the config program, i'm fairly certain that there is a newer version
with the new version of XFree86, yep i've just checked the files i
downloaded (not actually tried it yet) and there is a file:
Xconfigurator-4.2.10-6mdk.i586.rpm,
i guess you need this or something similar (this is from the download
from mandrake)
from your description i think this could be your problem, others are
free to put me right if i'm steering you wrong.
bascule
Alan Schussman wrote:
>
> Hi-
>
> Why I thought this was a good idea to tinker with the week before finals
> I'll never know. I tried upgrading XFree86 4.0 so I could use the
> newly-released Nvidia drivers, but I must have missed a step or
> misconfigured something, because now X won't run at all.
>
> When I initially tried the upgrade (using RPMs) a couple of nights ago, I
> was able to run startx and get Xwindows running, no problem -- but without
> the accellerated drivers. I couldn't get them to install properly, nor
> could I get the previous nvidia drivers to work (they at least had a
> modicum of accelleration in them), once I had made the upgrades.
> xf86config wouldn't make a workable XF86Config file, but Xconfigurator
> could (which strikes me as very odd).
>
> Yesterday, however, when I booted up, I wasn't able to load X at all. I'm
> getting the error: execve failed on /etc/X11/X (errno 2). /etc/X11/X is
> linked to XF86_SVGA, a file which seems to be nowhere to be found -- and
> despite re-installing XFree86-SVGA, is still missing. I can also no longer
> run Xconfigurator; it dies after probing for my video card. Am I missing
> something serious (like bolts in my head for even trying this) or do you
> think this might be a config problem? (Or both -- certainly possible.)
>
> Any ideas how I can at least get X up and running again?
>
> Thanks-
> - alan
