[XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Kamagurka
Hello. this problem has me going nuts and effectively stops me from using linux for 2 weeks now, so any help would be appreciated. upon starting X with the command startx the screen goes black, then the Nvidia splash shows up for half a second, and then i'm back at the prompt with the following

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Michael Taylor
Kamagurka wrote: > this problem has me going nuts and effectively stops me from using linux > for 2 weeks now, so any help would be appreciated. > upon starting X with the command startx the screen goes black, then the > Nvidia splash shows up for half a second, and then i'm back at the > prompt wi

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Kamagurka
it did not work before i enabled the glx extensions... however, if i see the splash screen (crisp and clear, mind you) doesn't that mean that the problem is not graphics related? Michael Taylor wrote: Kamagurka wrote: this problem has me going nuts and effectively stops me from using linux fo

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Kamagurka wrote: > _ > (II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extensions > Warning: locale not supported by C library > xterm: Error 32, errno2: no such file or directory > reason: get_pty: not enough ptys > Warning: locale not supported by C library > xterm: Error 3

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Michael Taylor
Kamagurka wrote: > it did not work before i enabled the glx extensions... > however, if i see the splash screen (crisp and clear, mind you) doesn't > that mean that the problem is not graphics related? I believe the splash screen is fixed size, so it ignores your configuration file. I am not sure.

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Kamagurka
Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Kamagurka wrote: _ (II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extensions Warning: locale not supported by C library xterm: Error 32, errno2: no such file or directory reason: get_pty: not enough ptys Warning: locale not supported by C library xt

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Kamagurka wrote: > Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > >On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Kamagurka wrote: > > > > > > > >>_ > >>(II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extensions > >>Warning: locale not supported by C library > >>xterm: Error 32, errno2: no such file or directory > >>re

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Kamagurka
as i wrote, when i run XFree86 i get a black screen with a crossshaped black cursor. no more. Then the server is working just fine. Your window manager is not coming up. Most likely due to your pty problem. Mark. i have no window manager installed yet. i was told a default XFree86

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Michael Taylor
Kamagurka wrote: >> > as i wrote, when i run XFree86 i get a black screen with a crossshaped > black cursor. no more. That's fine, that's how it is suppose to look, without an window manager. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-25 Thread Kamagurka
Michael Taylor wrote: Kamagurka wrote: it did not work before i enabled the glx extensions... however, if i see the splash screen (crisp and clear, mind you) doesn't that mean that the problem is not graphics related? I believe the splash screen is fixed size, so it ignores your configurat

Re: [XFree86] X fails with strange errors.

2004-02-26 Thread Michael Taylor
Kamagurka wrote: > no, i doublechecked that.unix98 ptys are definetely enabled. > what is a .initrc file, what does it do, and what will happen when i > rename it? should i rename it to xinitrc or .xinitrc? Sorry, I had a typo in my message, I meant rename .xinitrc to xinitrc. ___