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

