Can't run WindowMaker. Fatal server error:

Pedro Alves pedro.sousaalves at uclouvain.be
Tue Jul 15 22:31:22 UTC 2008


> I have recompiled the kernel and no change what so ever.
> I have also upgraded windowmaker to windowmaker-0.92.0_4.
> Current Xorg is xorg-7.3_2
>
>
> On 06-juil.-08, at 21:31, Luke Dean wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008, Pedro Alves wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a serious problem with windowmaker.
>>> Every time I configure .xinitrc to launch wmaker, the server aborts
>>>
>>> here what I get:
>>>
>>> Fatal server error:
>>> Caught signal 11. Server aborting
>>>
>>> xnit: connection to X server lost.
>>> wmaker warning: got signal1-exiting...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So... What to do, as I don't find any information concerning this
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> I am running FreeBSD 7.0
>>> One week old cvs ports upgrade.
>>
>> You may find clues in the Xorg log.
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>>
>> When I have this problem, or just about any X-related problem, it
>> means I need to go rebuild my video driver.
>
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It is very important to say that if instead of windowmaker I define in
.xnitrc to execute for instance icewm as window manager I have not
problems at all except that I can't run gnustep applications. That another
issue I face.






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