> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David L. Craig > wrote: > > Is there anything in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? If so, please post it, > > along with your XF86Config[-4] file. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/home/nikki$ cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log > cat: /var/log/XFree86.0.log: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/home/nikki$ ls /var/log > apache exim lastlog mail.info mysql.log user.log > apache-ssl faillog linuxconf mail.log news uucp > auth.log installer.log lp-acct mail.warn nmb uucp.log > daemon.log jserv.log lp-errs mailman smb wdm.log > debug kern.log lpr.log messages sympa.log wtmp > dmesg ksymoops mail.err mysql.err syslog xdm.log > > wdm.log contains the stderr output from X, part of which I already > posted - want to see more?
It might provide important information if you posted the whole file. > > So you been using UNIX since 86. Have you used any PC flavors? > > Xenix (I told you it was a long time ago) and SCO Unix. Plus Solaris, > AIX and System V. ALthough not a full-time sysadmin on any of these > boxes, I did install and configure most of them. I am reasonably > familiar with configuration, but I'm having real trouble with X (with > which I have no experience). Not even as a user? Or did you mean with XFree86? In an earlier post you said: > The machine is there mostly to run samba, apache, apache-ssl > and php4. I need a solid, stable ftp client which will work > through a gateway, and the ability to ssh in from other > machines on the network. None of this requires X. If the box is primarily a network server, you probably don't want anything installed that is not absolutely necessary.
