Roger's XF86Config problem, typos?.

[Eddie Maddox <emaddox@sihope.com>]

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Roger Dingledine wrote:

> I picked 'custom' resolution for X, and chose only 16 bit and 24 bit choices
> (in terms of color depth). When I started X (via startx), it complained
> that there were no 8 bit color choices, and it died. I went into the
> XF86Config file and added
> 
> DefaultColorDepth 16
> 
> to the 'screen' section, and then X booted nicely. My first impression of

Last month I sent the following bug report to Red Hat. I don't know if it
relates to Roger's problem, but FWIW:

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A typo in XF86Config keeps "startx" from starting X sometimes.

XF86Config file for XFree86 3.3.3.1/XConfigurator 3.89 and earlier.

XF86Config, line ~354: Modes    640x400
Missing:                       "       "
Corrected:             Modes   "640x400"

Note: I do not know if the "400" should be "480". Please check that, too.

If so, then the "Virtual  640 400" needs checking, too, a couple lines
down.

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Eddie Maddox
emaddox@sihope.com