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Topic: XFree86 Error/Help, I could use some help with XFree86

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Robert

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Posted: Mar. 07 2005,10:05

Hello Everybody

I've been using DSL for about a month now and is ROCKS

I wanted to install XFree86 (for games

) and i used the XFree86.dsl extention- that works
I edited my
/home/dsl/.xserverrc
from
exec /usr/bin/X11/Xvesa -mouse /dev/input/mice,5 -screen 1024x768x32 -shadow -nolisten tcp -I &>/dev/null
to
exec /usr/X11r6/binXFree86 -nolisten tpc -mouse /dev/input/mice,5 -screen 1024x768x32 -shadow -nolisten tcp -I &>/dev/null
like the XFree86.dsl info file said
Then i created the /ectx11/XF86Config_4 file
i have an ATI Radeon 9600xt and i tried the 9600pro and the mobile 9600xt config files

Anyway I exited Fluxbox (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) and then typed exit to get X running again and i got an error reading

giving up
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to conect to xserver
xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error

I HAVE read/searched the forums

And im using a 9600xt and an Asus mobo with an Nvidia 2 chipstet

And I'm booting from USB

If the problem is with my config file could someone please help me to get/make the one I need.

I am rather frustrated, a fair bit confused and would greatly appreciate any help given.

Please remember this is my first linux OS used so please use newbee language

Thanks

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henk.1955

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Posted: Mar. 07 2005,11:46

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exec /usr/X11r6/binXFree86 -nolisten tpc -mouse /dev/input/mice,5 -screen 1024x768x32 -shadow -nolisten tcp -I &>/dev/null

if this is in your /home/dsl/.xserverrc then there are MANY errors in this line: the r6 = R6, binXFree86 = bin/XFree86
my /home/dsl/.xserverrc looks like:

Code Sample

exec /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -nolisten tcp &>/dev/null

and this works for me.

mikshaw

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Posted: Mar. 07 2005,17:02

Just to add some weight to what henk is saying: You need to pay VERY close attention to how things are typed in Linux, in scripts, config files, and on the command line. Linux is case-sensitive, which means that 'x' and 'X' are two different characters. Human error is hardly ever accounted for, so spelling is vital. 'tcp' and 'tpc' are of course also different. Leaving out the slash between 'bin' and 'XFree86' tells xinit to open a file called binXFree86, which doesn't exist.

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Robert

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Posted: Mar. 07 2005,23:07

Sorry it was late when i was typing the post my line did not have those errors but it didnt look like yours, ill try yours when i can.

Thankyou!!

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cbagger01

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Posted: Mar. 07 2005,23:08

I never could get my 9600xt (Official ATI card) to work with knoppix and XFree86 and an ATI acelerated driver.

It works fine with the Vesa driver, though.

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