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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
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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