[PLUG] X will not load: no errors reported]

Matt Alexander m at netpro.to
Sun Sep 8 16:06:59 UTC 2002


What video card are you using?  Maybe it's only supported by XFree86
3.whatever?  I've run into several S3 cards that don't work with version
4.whatever of XFree86.  Did you install both 3.x and 4.x of XFree86?



On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Rich Shepard wrote:

> The -bpp option is no longer supported.
> 	Use -depth to set the color depth, and use -fbbpp if you really
> 	need to force a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel format.
>
> XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 23 January 2002
> 	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/)
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF]
> Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
>
> Module Loader present
> 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: Sun Sep  8 08:48:06 2002
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
> xinit:  connection to X server lost.





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