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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: [XFree86]XOpenDisplay cannot open display :0 Message-ID: <1992Oct8.012501.3175@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Oct7.150800.1@max.u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 01:25:01 GMT Lines: 47 In article <1992Oct7.150800.1@max.u.washington.edu> anything@max.u.washington.edu writes: >for some reason I cannot get XFree86 to start. I am using the old >Beta version (1.0.2a) but still it should work. it starts. the screen >blanks and then synchronizes but remains blank and the keyboard is >unresponsive. my equipment is a Diamond Speedstar Plus v5.01 (et4000) and a NEC >multisync II. here is a dump of /usr/X386/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors > >X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.2a / X Window System >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >VGA256: et4000 (mem: 1024k numclocks: 16) >VGA256: clocks: 25 28 81 69 0 29 0 0 13 15 41 0 0 0 0 0 >error (pid 87): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >error (pid 85): Display :0 cannot be opened >X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.2a / X Window System >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >error (pid 89): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >error (pid 85): Display :0 cannot be opened >X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.2a / X Window System >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >error (pid 91): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >error (pid 85): Display :0 cannot be opened >X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.2a / X Window System >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >error (pid 93): IO Error in XOpenDisplay >error (pid 85): Display :0 cannot be opened >error (pid 85): Display :0 is being disabled > > >Don Levinson >anything@max.u.washington.edu >alt: levinson@halcyon.com If you don't have a core dump... Try the following X386 >& error_output The output should tell us what is wrong.. If you can't sort out the output, just send it to me. One day soon I will finished my FAQ for XFree86 under 386bsd. Cheers, Amancio