On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 01:48:29AM -0400, Andrew Wilcox [CEO] wrote: >Hello, > >First of all, I'm still fairly new to XFree86 (and indeed X11 in >general) but am learning. > >I have Linux 2.6 with an Intel 82810 DC100 and a Compaq Presario MV500 >Color Monitor. It was working fine while I had a Samsung SyncMaster >700IFT hooked up to it, and XFree86 4.3.9, but I moved the computer into >a different place and this was the monitor I got. I had to reconfigure >the monitor. I screwed up my keyboard configuration (every key I >pressed changed the resolution) while messing around with the monitor, >so I decided "alright, time to upgrade". > >I downloaded XFree86 4.6.0 from the FTP, got all the necessary tgzs in >hand, and installed. It finished, and at first glance it worked! I >"startx"ed and got xterm. I pushed a key and it put it on the display. >Yay! > >Now, I have a new problem. I can't graphically login, or use XFree86 at >all, anymore. I type my name and password, it flashes a black screen, >and comes up the login screen, then I type my name and password, well, >you get the picture. My /var/log/messages is full of these errors: > >Aug 9 01:09:51 Linux kdm: :0[5469]: Can't execute >"/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup": No such file or directory >Aug 9 01:09:51 Linux kdm: :0[4868]: Cannot execute startup script >"/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup" >Aug 9 01:09:51 Linux kdm: :0[5486]: Can't execute >"/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup": No such file or directory > >I unzipped the Xstartup, Xsetup, Xsession, and Xreset files, but then I >just got xterm no matter what I tried. I gzip'ed them back up and >attempted to copy my old files (from 4.3.9). It flashed a black screen >and came up the login screen again when I tried that. So I removed >those and now I'm back at square one. If you check the install log created by Xinstall.sh, you should be able to find the backup copies that it made of your original config files. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
