Errors while trying to start xserver(xvesa, xnvidia, etc)

[Franco Catrin L.]

El mar, 20-04-2004 a las 10:46, Chris escribió:
> Hi, i've read up and down your mailinglist, docs, and google, trying to
> get this Xserver to start. 
> I still can't seem to figure out why i get the following error
> "Connection refused. Make sure another Xserver isn't running". 
> I read the FAQ which said i should try "-ac -nolisten tcp", which gave
> me another error: "_Xsomexlib: No such transport."
> I'd give more complete error-msgs but the display gets garbled upon
> returning from X(normal X to console), and i'm a *little bit* tired of
> rebooting now :) 
> I've tried the following to start the server:
> Simply running all the binaries in /opt/fdo/bin/ with no args,
> "/opt/fdo/bin/Xvesa  -screen 1024x768x16x75 :1 & xterm -display :1", 
> and in all desperation:
> "xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -- /opt/fdo/bin/Xvesa -screen 1024x768x16x75
> :1", which started the normal X with an xterm..
> Been trying to get it started for hours now, and frankly i'm getting a
> bit frustrated :)


you can try this:

/opt/fdo/bin/Xvesa -mode 0x117 :1 -ac & sleep 5 && xterm -display :1

You should be root.

if you want to see composite in action, you need to run xcompmgr while
running the X server:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/fdo/lib
/opt/fdo/bin/xcompmgr

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Franco Catrin L.
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