Re: 'Partial' X upgrade, now locked out of X server

From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa (root_at_pukruppa.de)
Date: 03/31/04

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To: "Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh@logicsquad.net>

    On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Paul A. Hoadley wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > It looks like I have upgraded parts of XFree86 while installing some
    > other ports, and I now seem unable to make even local connections to
    > my X server. I must admit, X is something I set up years ago on this
    > machine, and have just set and forgot---as such, I do not even have a
    > good appreciation for what information might be useful for people to
    > help me debug this.
    I guess the best idea would be to have a look at
    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html
    and try how far you get on your own.
    Also you should save your old XF86Config somewhere. It's syntax
    has changed from XFree86-3 to XFree86-4, but probably you will be
    able to recognize most important settings.
    >
    > While I am keen to get suggestions on how to correct this access
    > control glitch, I would be happy to fully upgrade X if that's
    > recommended. Somewhat embarrassingly, I'm not even sure how this
    > should be done---via ports?
    Either via /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 or pkg_add -r XFree86-4
    or /stand/sysinstall --> post install configurations

    Good Luck,

    Uli.

    >
    >
    > --
    > Paul.
    >
    > mailto:paulh@logicsquad.net
    >

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