[NBLUG/talk] XFree86 4.3 -- I'm trapped in an upgrade vortex!

[augie]

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Dave Sisley wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade to XFree86 4.3.  It seems to have installed
> ok, but I had a few hiccups.  I'm running RH8 with a new 2.4.20-20.8
> kernel. Right now, when I boot, it catches right after X starts up.
> I call it the "Blue Screen of Wristwatch", or BSOW.  Just like it
> sounds, I get the light blue screen with the wristwatch.  The next
> thing I'm supposed to see is the graphical login screen, but it never
> shows up.

what do the logs say?

/var/log/messages

/var/log/XFree86.0.log

augie.


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