On 7/13/07, Andris <adelfino@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 7/13/07, Matthieu Herrb <mherrb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/13/07, Andris <adelfino@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi, I just got a computer yesterday, which has an ASRock 755i65G*
> > > motherboard, with an Intel 865G* chipset, 512 MB of RAM, and a
> > > ViewSonic E70f+* monitor. I'm using OpenBSD 4.1-stable (i386/GENERIC).
> > >
> > > I tried to make it run under 1024x768, 24bpp, a h-sync of 30~70kHz and
> > > a v-sync of 50~160Hz). I can't make X run on it, I've tried i810(4),
> > > whose man page says it supports my integrated video solution (865G).
> > > But the X server crashes after showing the cursor for a sec.
> > >
> > > Here is the X log:
> >
> > From you log, the X server is ok. The problem looks more like a
> > problem with your .xinitrc or something like that.
> >
> > Can you tell us how you startx X, and try to capture the command's
> > stdout and stderr ?
> >
> > If you're running ksh or bash, this should be something like
> >
> > startx > startx.log 2>&1
> >
> > and then look at startx.log for obvious errors, or share it here if
> > you don't see anything meaningful for you.
> >
>
> Hi, after moving .xinitrc to .xinitrc.bak I could start X with no
> problems, and it doesn't crash :)
>
> I had this line in it:
> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xset r rate 250 50

The 'exec' there is wrong, it causes the shell that parses the
.xinitrc to replace itself with the 'xset' command, which in turn
exits when it has set up the rate.
So the whole .xinitrc script is now done, causing what your were seeing.
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> It worked with a previous computer, didn't think it would cause
> problems.

Are you sure it was exactly the same line ? without the 'exec' it
would have been fine, but with the 'exec'  there's no way it would
work, except it you had it *after* another 'exec' command, for
instance 'exec fvwm'. 'fvwm' doesn't exit until you select 'exit' from
its menu. So 'exec'ing the window manager in .xinitrc is correct, but
since 'exec' replaces the shell with the program it executes, the
lines after an 'exec' in any shell script are ignored.