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exerd

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Posted: Mar. 26 2005,23:57

Hi i have a hdinstall of the latest dslrelease and i want to install XFree86 so i can watch highquality-movies. Ive downloaded XFree 86 from myDSL and then i changed the .xserverrc file to exec /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -nolisten tcp. Then i copied the file XFree86config-4_oldernvidia to /etc/X11/ and renamed the file XFree86config-4_oldernvidia to XFree86config-4. And when i restart x i get a errormessage. What could be wrong? I have a Nvidia geforce 4 mx. I also tried with the file called nvidia accel ready. Is there anything else i need to do?
I also have a problem with the alsamixer muting itself after every restart.

Tnx for help

/exerd

mikshaw

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Posted: Mar. 27 2005,03:23

what is the error message?

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exerd

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Posted: Mar. 28 2005,18:35

This is the errormessage:

giving up.
xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to x server
xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error.

ke4nt1

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Posted: Mar. 29 2005,02:48

If I read your post correctly..
Both the XF86Config-4 files you were trying to use are for nvidia drivers,
( i.e. nvidia.dsl ) which is a separate download from the xfree86.dsl

Since you have an nvidia card, you should install the nvidia.dsl,
then try to startup X again..

Otherwise, use the XVesa or other driver version of the XF86Config-4 file,
to get Xfree running without the 3-D acceleration.
( there are several found on the internet for using the 2-D version of "nv" )

73
ke4nt