According to your log you are running X 3.3.6 using an X 4.x.x config file. The format of the XF86Config file changed from X 3.x.x to X 4.x.x Lionel --- Reagen Siedl <reagen@siedl.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed X on my already existing "command line only" RH7.3 > machine. I installed every XFree86 rpm I could find, all the dependencies > and the fvwm2 rpms. > > I am having trouble with starting X. It keeps saying that it doesn't > recognize the "Section names", but these are the section names created by > xf86config. After looking around on the net I found a few people with > similar probs but no solution. > > I've included as much info below as I could think of. Any help would be > appreciated. > > Regards, > Reagen. > > ############################################################# > > Installed RPM's : > [root@solitare X11]# rpm -q --all | grep X > XFree86-libs-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-compat-libs-4.0.3-2 > XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-AGX-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-Mach32-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-Mach8-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-S3-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-W32-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-devel-4.1.0-3 > Xaw3d-1.5-10 > XFree86-twm-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-7-100dpi-fonts-1.0-10 > XFree86-ISO8859-7-Type1-fonts-1.0-10 > XFree86-KOI8-R-100dpi-fonts-1.0-6 > XFree86-Xnest-4.1.0-3 > Xconfigurator-4.9.39-1 > XFree86-xdm-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.6-29 > XFree86-xfs-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-jpfonts-2.1-24 > XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-compat-modules-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-8514-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-Mono-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-P9000-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-VGA16-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-doc-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-tools-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-7-1.0-10 > XFree86-ISO8859-7-75dpi-fonts-1.0-10 > XFree86-KOI8-R-1.0-6 > XFree86-KOI8-R-75dpi-fonts-1.0-6 > XFree86-Xvfb-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-xf86cfg-4.1.0-3 > > ############################################################ > > Contents of /etc/X11/XF86Config > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "XFree86 Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > Load "pex5" > Load "record" > Load "xie" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "DELL" > ModelName "DELL D825TM" > HorizSync 30.0 - 64.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 90.0 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "PciRetry" # [<bool>] > #Option "rgbbits" # <i> > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] > #Option "TurboQueue" # [<bool>] > #Option "SetMClk" # <freq> > #Option "FastVram" # [<bool>] > #Option "ForceCRT2Type" # [<str>] > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] > #Option "Rotate" # [<str>] > #Option "NoXvideo" # [<bool>] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "sis" > VendorName "SiS" > BoardName "630" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > ########################################################################## > > startx Output: > [root@solitare X11]# startx > > XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) > Release Date: April 19, 2001 > 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 http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Operating System: Linux 2.4.7-0.13.1smp i686 [ELF] > Configured drivers: > SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1): > s3_savage, NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, > RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, > GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 GTS (rev1), > GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro 2 Pro, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX DDR, > Quadro 2 MXR, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, > ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, > ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, > wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati, > sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, > sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx, > tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, > tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, > tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, > tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, > cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade, > clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, > clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465, > clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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