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Re: Xfree86-4_0 installation problem
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- Subject: Re: Xfree86-4_0 installation problem
- From: Hajime Murao <murao at al dot cs dot kobe-u dot ac dot jp>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:34:59 +0900
- References: <47.136fa6b.2700c3a0@cs.com>
Hi,
I think you are going right way. Please try to use the following script
instead of startxwin.bat. If you will unable to exit from Xwin, press
F12 or Fn+F4 to kill Xwin. Error messages concerning about
SecurityPolicy can be ignored. Good luck.
Regards,
Hajime Murao
---- begin startx ----
#!/bin/sh
export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/X11R6/bin
XWin -screen 0 1024x768x8 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0 &
rxvt &
vtwm
---- end startx ----
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:05:04 EDT
Sorhel@cs.com wrote:
> If I try (I don't know why this should work, and it doesn't...)
>
> start Xwin -screen 0 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
>
> I get a grey X screen with the black small "X" cursor in the middle,
> and after a second or two an outline of a window (probably an
> xterm) shows up in the lower right quarter of the screen. But as
> soon as I press the mouse key the whole grey X screen goes
> away. In this last case the error message from the Xwin.exe
> window is:
>
> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11_unix
> should be set to root
> pwin->width = 00000400
> pwin->height = 00000300
> pwin->paddedWidth = 00000800
> pwin->bitsperPixel = 00000010
> calling WinAllocateFramebufferMemory
> calling cfb16ScreenInit( 0a589e0, 147b0000, 00000400,
> 00000300, 00000064, 00000064, 00000400 )
> Successful addition of Screen 0xa058bc8 0xa0589e0
> error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/
> SecurityPolicy
>
> I don't know if the thing about SecurityPolicy is a problem
> but I've noticed the file doesn't exist on my system. I've also
> discovered that many of the links in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 point
> to non-existent files. They point to /etc/X11 files but this
> directory does not exist on my system. I built my system
> with the most recent files of
>
> xfree86-4_0-DLLs_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-Xnest_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-Xprt_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-Xterm_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-devel_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-fonts_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-prog_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-rgb_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-twm_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-xvfb_tar.bz2
> xfree86-4_0-xwin_tar.bz2
>
> Any help is most appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Soren
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Hajime MURAO, Kobe University
A professional? No, I am not professional. I am an amateur. "Amateur"
comes from the latin "amare":to love. If you do not love what you do,
you do not deserve to do it. --- Orson Welles