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#! rnews 2917 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!atlantis.utmb.edu!news From: "Ernest C. Hymel" <ehymel@utmb.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrading to Xfree86 3.3 Date: 10 Jun 1997 15:51:50 GMT Organization: University of Texas Medical Branch Lines: 55 Message-ID: <01bc75b5$c92e8210$27366d81@masscomp> References: <5ngur1$qqp@ss.netgate.net> <5nh43p$24h$1@polaris.eurocontrol.fr> <5njmka$mhq$1@thor.atcon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: masscomp.utmb.edu X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42706 I know your frustration... had a bear of a time last night getting the upgrade to work, having the same symptoms you describe (can run XF86Setup, but when I try to startx, I got all kinds of strange error messages that I had to 'ctrl-C' out of). *Then* I remembered to set a symbolic link to the correct X server. I didn't see this in the documentation, though it's probably buried there somewhere. Anyway, try going to the directory where your X servers are sitting and set a symbolic link to the one you want to use: # ln -s whatever_server_you_use X Worked with no problem after that! Well, no problem if you don't mention having to get all my X prog's to work again. There's probably an easier way than what I did, which was to simply pkg_delete most of them and re-build them. Sorry if this is too obvious an answer; I was proud of myself for thinking of it last night! Ernie Hymel Mike Digdon <digdon@interactive.ca> wrote in article <5njmka$mhq$1@thor.atcon.com>... > Ollivier Robert <roberto@eurocontrol.fr> wrote: > > In the XFree86/XFree86-3.3 directory, you'll find the README and RELNOTES > > files. You'll find instructions for the upgrade inside 'em. That's really > > easy, save your previous config. file, extract the binaries/config. files > > and merge any addition you may have done (especially lib/X11/config files). > > > Runs fine here. Just upgraded in the morning. > > Ahhhh, if only it were that simple. I tried to upgrade to 3.3, and I can't > get it to work no matter what I try. > > I'm running 2.2.1 with an STB Lightspeed 128 video card. The only server I > can get to run is the VG16 server. I know that works because I can run > XF86Setup. However, if I try to use the W32 or SVGA servers, they crash, > locking up all of the console. I have to reboot every time. > > I've tried various settings for memory, ramdac, etc, etc, and it won't start > up. I've even tried selecting the generic ET6000 card. Anyone have any > suggestions? > > -- > Mike Digdon # Systems Development # InfoInterActive Inc. > Phone: +1 902 832-7645 # E-mail: digdon@interactive.ca > Web: http://www.interactive.ca >