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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.0 and XFree86 3.1.2 : problems
Date: 9 Aug 1996 20:11:49 GMT
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Antonio Navarro Navarro <antonio@host.bemarnet.es> wrote:

> I have installed FreeBSD 2.1.0 and XFree86 3.1.2. When I try to execute
> X (startx) the computer switch to graphics mode, shows the background
> and mouse cursor and then exits from X windows, generating a xterm.core
> file in the disk.

xterm.core and FreeBSD 2.1...  i assume you have set
ENABLE_STARTUP_LOCALE in your environment?

Turn it off.  It has been an error in the first place.  Alas, the
right fix was quite more work (which has been done meanwhile).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)