On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 08:10:10PM +0100, Alan Cooney wrote: >Hi, Im a relative neewb (1 month) to linux, and have just reinstalled >XFree86 in an attempt to get TV in working. I installed version 4.4.0 >because I didn't realise there was a 4.5 version. I am now stuck with >a command promt. I would give u my error file if I knew how to get >that. Please tell me how I can get the error file to this address. I >am using a different computer so I also need to know how to copy this >file to a floppy disk when I find it. Heres what I know about the >computer: > >Fedora Core 3, on verything install and updated today >Build operating system : Linux 2.4.18-14 i686 >Kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 >ATI Rage 128 all in wonder pro 32mb >PIII 450mhz >20GB HD >192mb ram > >After the descriptions of markers(eg (EE) (==) etc), here is the output: > >(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 31 19:45:09 2005 >(EE) Unable to locate/open config file >xf86AutoConfig : Primary PCI is 1:0 >Running "/usr/X11R6/bin/getconfig -X 40400000 -I /ect/X11,/usr/X11R6/etc >getconfig.pl: Version 1.0. >getconfig.pl:XFree86 Vresion: 4.4.0.0 >getconfig.pl: 23 built in rules > >-------------and so on for many more getconifg.pl, and then > >New driver is "ati" >(==) Using default built-in configoration (53 lines) >(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory >(EE) R128(0): No DFP detected >(EE) <defult pointer>: Cannot find which device to use. >(EE) xf860penSerial: No device specified >(EE) <default pointer>:cannot open device point >(EE) PreInit failed for input device "<default pointer>" >No core pointer > >Fatal server error: >failed to initialize core devices > >When reporting----------------------------and so on XFree86 is failing to guess what your mouse device is. 4.5.0 does a better job of this. Alternatively you can give it a hint by creating a symbolic link from the real device to /dev/mouse. David _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
