Which means I have gone full circle back to the original question: How do I tell it to run X3 and not X4? I try to remove X4 rpms and I can't because of dependencies. Can I just use the RPM "upgrade" in order to go from 4 to 3? Ahhh...so many questions! Regards, Derek Smith 613-371-2532 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lionel Lecoq" <lionel_lecoq@yahoo.com> To: <newbie@XFree86.Org> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 3:39 PM Subject: Re: Re: Re: Virge GX (Derek Smith) > Sorry to disapoint you but your log states very clearly that you are attempting to run X 4.2.0 > to top it all your XF86Config is really a 3.3.6 config file which explains why X 4 cannot do much > with it... > Lionel > --- Derek Smith <derek@marcotte-smith.com> wrote: > > My mistake- from looking at the log, it is reading the XF86Config file. The > > error occurs in that file, for some reason. > > > > I have attached my log and config file for everyone' enjoyment. > > > > Any insight?? > > > > Regards, > > Derek Smith > > 613-371-2532 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lionel Lecoq" <lionel_lecoq@yahoo.com> > > To: <newbie@XFree86.Org> > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 2:05 AM > > Subject: Re: Re: Re: Virge GX (Derek Smith) > > > > > > > By the way do you have a 3.3.6 style file? > > > is it possible that the problem be that you don't have a XF86Config > > (without the -4 at the end?) > > > for X to fall back on... > > > Lionel > > > > > > --- Derek Smith <derek@marcotte-smith.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks, but still no luck. X was already linked to XF86_S3V but just to > > be > > > > sure, I renamed it and created a new one, linking X to XF86_S3V as you > > > > described. > > > > > > > > After doing this, I run X and it still reads from XF86Config-4. If I > > rename > > > > this file to XF86Config-4-old, X does not start, presumably because it > > > > cannot find the config file. > > > > > > > > All said, it is not reading from the XF86Config file that is created > > when I > > > > run XConfigurator. > > > > > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Derek > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Lionel Lecoq" <lionel_lecoq@yahoo.com> > > > > To: <newbie@XFree86.Org> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:56 AM > > > > Subject: Re: Re: Re: Virge GX (Derek Smith) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Assuming you have a directory structure similar to mine, you will find > > > > that /etc/X11/X points to > > > > > the currently actual server. > > > > > If it points to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 then it is pointing to X 4.x.x > > > > > If it points to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3V then it is pointing to one of > > the > > > > X 3.3.x servers > > > > > Changing from the one to the other is then rather obvious: backup the > > > > current one (for instance > > > > > naming it X4) and create an X as a symlink to the server you love... > > > > > > > > > > Lionel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Michael <michael.lawver@pointoflightproducts.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello Derek, > > > > > > > > > > > > It's located in your make.conf file and you can specify it there. > > Well, > > > > let > > > > > > me rephrase that, this is where it is at on the FreeBSD side but I > > would > > > > > > imagine that it would be in the same place since were both using the > > > > same > > > > > > server. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael :o) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 09 July 2002 07:37 pm, Derek Smith wrote: > > > > > > > I have followed the steps you outlined. Here is the "current" > > problem: > > > > it > > > > > > > is still reading from the XF86Config-4 file (which tells me it is > > > > still > > > > > > > running version 4, I think), not the XF86Config file which is > > created > > > > by > > > > > > > Xconfigurator. I know I wan to run version 3.3.6, but how do I let > > the > > > > > > > system know this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > Derek > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "Richard Dawson" <rcdawson@worldnet.att.net> > > > > > > > To: "newbie list" <newbie@XFree86.Org> > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:40 PM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Re: Re: Virge GX (Derek Smith) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rpm -ivh XFree86-S3V* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then issue this command to reconfigure the settings: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Xconfigurator --expert --preferxf3 --server XF86_S3V > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The rpm command requires that you have the right CD in the > > drive. > > > > The > > > > > > > > one containing (assuming that it 7.3 contains version 3.6 as > > well as > > > > > > > > 4.x) the XFree86-S3V* files. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Xconfigurator command puts with the preferxf3 option puts > > you in > > > > the > > > > > > > > mode of setting up version 3. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Its worth doing just to see if you can do it. Then again, the > > > > annoying > > > > > > > > post xwindows garbling of text windows probably makes it worth > > while > > > > to > > > > > > > > get a new card. Of course, you have to find a card that works! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is a fairly well-known problem, so I wonder if version 4.x > > will > > > > > > > > ever get fixed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > > > > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > > > > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > > > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > > > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! 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