[Tfug] XF86???

[Claude Rubinson]

On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 03:20:35AM +0000, Earl wrote:
> I read all of the posts and found what I could following the links
> Claude gave me.
> 
> There were several statements after the x window flashed on the
> screen momentarily. It was followed by these statements: 1) 7
> "skipping" statements with paths to libraries saying "no symbols
> found".  2) a statement stating information on the driver.  3) 15
> "symbol" statements saying "sunffb_drv.0 is unresolved!".  4) 10
> "warnings" stating "font renderer for XXX already registered at
> priority 0". (XXX is a file name)
> 
> I followed the paths given in 1) and 3) and found the files there.
> They had data in them.
> 
> I wondered if there was a problem with the files so decided to
> reinstall Debian and start over.
> 
> I installed the base Debian with no added packages then did the
> recommended updates. After rebooting to activate the kernel changes,
> I installed the full X package. I also installed fvwm just in case X
> decided it wanted to do something.
> 
> When configuring, I blanked all of the screen resolutions. After the
> configuration was complete, I typed "startx" and there was the x
> window and it stayed. I moved the mouse around and that works. The
> cursor moved slightly past the right and bottom of the screen. Then
> I clicked on the screen and the fvwm menu came up.
> 
> When I exited fvwm, the same error messages showed on the screen as
> before.

Unless I'm missing something, it sounds like everything's working.
Congrats!  X's log is located at /var/log/XFree86.N.log (or
/var/log/Xorg.N.log).  There's a lot in there (which is good when you
need it but overwhelming and intimidating when you're not used to it).
Most of it's informational; warnings (indicated as WW) aren't
necessarily problems; be on the lookout for errors (EE).

The issue with the cursor traversing past the monitor bounds could
indicate that you need to reconfigure your screen resolution or, less
likely, that you've got a virtual desktop configured but I'd suggest
checking your monitor settings first.

For future reference, you can reconfigure Debian packages via
dpkg-reconfigure.  But note that if you want to regenerate an edited
/etc/X11/xorg.conf, you'll need to generate a new md5sum (it's a
safety check, added by Debian I believe, so that you don't
accidentally overwrite your xorg.conf when upgrade/reconfiguring X).
Details are listed in the xorg.conf file.  I can't recall whether this
also applies to XFree86.

Claude