Re: Trying to install X-windows

1999-12-05 Thread Keith Harbaugh
On Sat, 1999-12-04 at 17:57:00 -0700, csager wrote: == snip == > I have run XFR86Config, but when I type the command: > startx > I get so many error messages that scroll by my screen so > fast that I don't know what all the problems are. > Is there

Re: Trying to install X-windows

1999-12-05 Thread Dave Sherohman
csager said: > I get so many error messages that scroll by my screen so > fast that I don't know what all the problems are. > Is there a way to get all of the error message into a file > so that I can make a reasonable attempt at solving my > problem? Or possibly a way to step through the errors so

Re: Trying to install X-windows

1999-12-05 Thread Peter Ross
On 04-Dec-1999, csager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to get all of the error message into a file > so that I can make a reasonable attempt at solving my > problem? If you are using bash for your shell startx 2>&1 > filename or if you are using t/csh startx >& filename or i

Trying to install X-windows

1999-12-05 Thread csager
I've got Debian Linux 2.1 running on an old 386 DX intel chip system. I've installed all of the X11 packages that I think I need from http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/x11/ starting with xfree86-common, and xserver-common and then downloading other dependent packages. Here's everything that I