You're missing an 'EndSection' directive after the 'FontPath' line (ie, for 
the 'files' section)

No idea why installing MySQL etc would do anything with your X config file!

If you still want to generate a new one, use 'xf86config' or (better, IMHO) 'X 
-configure'


-Oli




>===== Original Message From "Wim Wauters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>Hi,
>
>I was trying to setup PHP, Apache, MySQL...all with sucess yesterday
>evening. When starting up my server this morning, I could not get my
>graphical user interface (which is a disaster for me). During booting,
>it complains about parsing the XFree86Config file. Anyone can send me a
>sample XFree86Config file that I can use on my server? Anyone has an
>idea why it goes wrong with Xfree86 after installing PHP and MySQL?
>
>Here is the log file, I'm getting:
>
>XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window
>System
>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
>Release Date: 23 January 2002
>            If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
>            newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
>            reporting problems.  (See
>[url]http://www.XFree86.Org/[/url])
>Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF]
>Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
>
>Module Loader present
>OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-14
>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red
>Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002
>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: Mon Aug 11 11:51:58 2003
>(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
>Parse error on line 26 of section Files in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
>            "Section" is not a valid keyword in this section.
>(EE) Problem parsing the 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]/email].
>
>
>and here is my XFree86Config file:
>
>
># File generated by anaconda.
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier     "Anaconda Configured"
>        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>            InputDevice       "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
>        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>
># The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
># no need to change the default.
>
>    RgbPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>
># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
># the X server to render fonts.
>
>    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>
>Section "Module"
>        Load  "dbe"
>        Load  "extmod"
>            Load  "fbdevhw"
>            Load  "dri"
>        Load  "glx"
>        Load  "record"
>        Load  "freetype"
>        Load  "type1"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>        Driver      "keyboard"
>
>#          Option  "AutoRepeat"    "500 5"
>
># when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
># following line
>#          Option  "Protocol"         "Xqueue"
>
># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
>#          Option  "Xleds"             "1 2 3"
>
># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>#          Option  "XkbDisable"
>
># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
># lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
># keyboard, you will probably want to use:
>#          Option  "XkbModel"       "pc102"
># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
>#          Option  "XkbModel"       "microsoft"
>#
># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
>#          Option  "XkbLayout"      "de"
># or:
>#          Option  "XkbLayout"      "de"
>#          Option  "XkbVariant"      "nodeadkeys"
>#
># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
># control keys, use:
>#          Option  "XkbOptions"     "ctrl:swapcaps"
>            Option  "XkbRules"        "xfree86"
>            Option  "XkbModel"       "pc102"
>            Option  "XkbLayout"      "be"
>            #Option "XkbVariant"      ""
>            #Option "XkbOptions"     ""
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>        Driver      "mouse"
>        Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
>        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>EndSection
>
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>            Identifier            "Mouse1"
>            Driver                "mouse"
>            Option              "Device"
>"/dev/input/mice"
>            Option              "Protocol"                     "IMPS/2"
>            Option              "Emulate3Buttons"        "no"
>            Option              "ZAxisMapping"            "4 5"
>EndSection
>
>
>Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
>        HorizSync   30-60
>        VertRefresh 50-120
>        Option "dpms"
>
>
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>            # no known options
>            Identifier   "ATI Mach64"
>        Driver       "ati"
>        VendorName   "ATI Mach64"
>        BoardName     "ATI Mach64"
>
>        #BusID
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>            Identifier   "Screen0"
>        Device       "ATI Mach64"
>        Monitor      "Monitor0"
>            DefaultDepth     16
>
>            Subsection "Display"
>            Depth       16
>                Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>            EndSubsection
>
>EndSection
>
>Section "DRI"
>            Mode 0666
>EndSection
>
>
>Any help is very much appreciated.
>
>Wim

_______________________________________________
XFree86 mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Reply via email to