[KLUG Members] Xwindows error

[Dirk Bartley]

Ian wrote:
> 
> I get the following error when I use the command startx.
> 
> Fatal Server Error: (aren't they always)
> open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (No such Device)
> 
> I'm running Slackware 7.1 on an old 233 AMD box.  I have no idea what
> hardware is in there, and I'm a newbie (speak slow not loud...and use
> little words if possible).
> 
> Also how do I capture the entire output when using a command.
> 
> I tried
> startx -> somefile
> but that just created and empty file called somefile.
> As always, a thousand thanks in advance,

Here is my shameless plug for the library.

http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/librarydb/titleadd.php?title_id=74

In bash if you execute a command and want to do a redirect into a file do

command > somefile

but this only sends the standard output to somefile.  To include the standard
error change the command as such

command > somefile 2>&1

Executed like this it will send the standard output (file 1 if anyone cares) and
the standard error (file 2 if anyone cares) to the same place as file 1.

Request to check out the book.  We still have 4 available and I can only read 1
at a time.  (I have my own purchased copy of this book anyways.

Dirk

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