Re: Trying to install X-windows
On 04-Dec-1999, csager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to get all of the error message into a file so that I can make a reasonable attempt at solving my problem? If you are using bash for your shell startx 21 filename or if you are using t/csh startx filename or if you don't know which shell you are using the following will start sh and then run startx. sh -c 'startx 21 filename' To find out which shell you are using finger loginname Pete
Re: Trying to install X-windows
csager said: I get so many error messages that scroll by my screen so fast that I don't know what all the problems are. Is there a way to get all of the error message into a file so that I can make a reasonable attempt at solving my problem? Or possibly a way to step through the errors so that I can at least write them down? 1) Shift-PgUp/PgDn will (usually) let you scroll through the text that's been displayed in a console or xterm after the fact. This is limited by buffer size, though, so you might lose some. But it doesn't require any advance preparation. 2) Use startx 2 somefile to redirect all error messages to somefile if you're expecting a lot of them. (This works for any command, too, not just startx.) -- Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P L++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv- b++ DI D G e* h+ r++ y+
Re: Trying to install X-windows
On Sat, 1999-12-04 at 17:57:00 -0700, csager wrote: == snip == I have run XFR86Config, but when I type the command: startx I get so many error messages that scroll by my screen so fast that I don't know what all the problems are. Is there a way to get all of the error message into a file so that I can make a reasonable attempt at solving my problem? Or possibly a way to step through the errors so that I can at least write them down? Are there any packages I missed? They may not be all error messages. The X server, when it starts up, spits out a large number of status messages. The precise number depends on your X configuration (e.g., number of modes); I get roughly 75 when I start up, with only 1 mode. If you use startx or xinit these messages go to the originatng virtual console; if you use xdm, they go to /var/log/xdm.log (this is set in the configuration file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config). Keith
