Hello Epi,
Thanks for your kind reply. Some comments inline :
--- epilogue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:41:00 -0700 (PDT)
orig injun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I am wondering if somebody can help me get X up and running on
my Dell Inspiron 5000 Laptop.
hello,
most likely. it has been running just fine on mine for years now.
That's good to know. Could you mail me your XF86Config file. Even
if versions of X vary, I can use it as a guide for my config.
Just as an FYI, I had RH Linux 6.2 running on this box before and
the version of X that shipped with it worked fine for 4 years.
After installing the OS and X, I generated XF86Config using
XFree86 -configure. I am attaching the file below. When I
run 'startx' with this configuration file in /etc/X11, the
machine just hangs.
The console shows:
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name machinename:0 in list
command
xauth: (stdin):2: bad display name machinename:0 in add
command
i haven't bumped into either of these errors before, but whenever i'm
in
doubt, i google. did you?
http://www.google.ca/search?q=xauth:+(argv):1:+bad+display+namesourceid=operanum=30ie=utf-8oe=utf-8
just from a cursory glance at the hits, methinks your 'hostname'
might
be the issue.
Yes, I saw posts which indicated that. I obscured the hostname
in my mail, but as best I can see, the host and domain names are
set correctly on the machine. So I am a bit surprised that X
doesn't pick it up. It turns out that X wants to look for
a hostname in /etc/hosts and I added the name there. The
xauth logs disappear but the machine still hangs exactly
the same way as before.
followed by XFree86 and FreeBSD version information
before it freezes. Nothing gets written to XFree86.0.log
I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 Release #0 as downloaded from
freebsd.org. The XFree86 version that comes with this is
4.3.0 released on 27 February 2003. The machine itself is
a 500Mhz PIII laptop with 256MB or RAM. Is X supposed to
work with this configuration. If so, could somebody tell
me what I am doing wrong or send me a good XF86Config
file.
My only alternative would be to try Linux (Fedora 2 or
Gentoo) but I would much prefer to stick with FreeBSD
if I can.
well, you most certainly can go that route, if you prefer not to
research the problem. however, keep in mind that X is X, regardless
of
the platform upon which you decide to plop it. in other words, good
luck with that solution.
at any rate, i hope that this gets you moving in the right direction.
cheers,
epi
p.s. there are much newer versions of XFree and Xorg. both are
shipped with an autoconfigure tool. is there any reason you've
decided not to run those?
I was hoping to take the path of least resistance and use the
out-of-the-box version. Using a more recent version of X is a
good suggestion and I will look into it...
Thanks again,
Anouk.
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