On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Nathan Zafar wrote: >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:31:29 -0400 >From: Nathan Zafar <nzafar@xxxxxxxxx> >To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx >Reply-To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >Subject: redhat 9.0 on dell latitude c800 > >hi all. i see others with similar problems but am unable to get >this going when i try what's posted. my xserver won't start. i >then get put into command line only mode. here is my >XFree86.0.log file. It tells you right in the error message in the log file what the problem is: >XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.3.0-2) >Release Date: 27 February 2003 >X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 >Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-3bigmem i686 [ELF] >Build Date: 27 February 2003 >Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com > > Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ > to make sure that you have the latest version. >Module Loader present >OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.20-6 (bhcompile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Feb 27 10:06:59 EST 2003 >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: Thu Oct 23 20:40:03 2003 >(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" >Parse error on line 115 of section Screen in file /etc/X11/XF86Config ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > "1280x1024" is not a valid keyword in this section. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Right here. >(EE) Problem parsing the config file >(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() So, now we go to line 115 in the Screen section of the config file, as specified in the error message: >Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" 1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ^ There is no quotation mark here. > EndSubSection >EndSection Perhaps you just read through the file too quickly and missed your typo... ;o) -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
