Over the years, using various RH and SuSE versions, and again recently under Debian, I've noticed the list of errors generated by the X-server. Usually, the screen is full of them when dropping back to command line. I've come to accept them as normal. But are they? Should I care? It would be nice to have things run error free, even if only from an A-R sense of neatness.
As an example, I'm going to laboiously copy the current errors from my desktop machine: -------------------start quoted text-------- XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Debian 4.3.0-0ds4 20030416150820 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Release Date: 18 March 2003 X Protocol version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-pre5 i686 [ELF] Build date: 16 April 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.21-xfs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 SMP Fre Jul 25 00:06:47 CEST 2003 Markers (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 8 17:37:59 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Skipping "/usr/X11R86/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R86/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R86/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R86/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_vertex.o": No symbols found Skipping "/usr/X11R86/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0 Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! AUDIT: Sun Nov 9 10:56:21 2003: 1188 X: client 21 rejected from local host -------------------end quoted text-------- Is this all typical and of no consequence or is some or all of it solveable by correct editing of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (or better by using a setup tool somewhere)? TIA -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]