[ILUG] Fixed the fixed fonts issue, now to get X to work?

[John Gay]

This suggestion:

well, try to force it:
Xnest -fp tcp/localhost:7100

Worked. Except I had to substitute tcp/debian:7100 as I'm running Xnest from 
a UML environment that is hosted on debian. My own.

Now I get Xnest to load fine using the following:

In one terminal, I log in as root and export DISPLAY=debian:0
Then I run 
Xnest :1 -fp tcp/debian:7100 & 
from this terminal and I get a blank Xnest window on the host.

I log into another terminal and export $DISPLAY=:1
When I run xterm, this opens fine, but if I run XFree86 -configure, it fails 
with:

bash-2.05a# XFree86 -configure

XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
        If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
        newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
        reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-2um i686 [ELF] 
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Dec 31 19:39:27 2002

Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT


When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
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bash-2.05a#

I don't understand why it doesn't see the VT when xterm did.

Any info would be greatly appreciated. I thought I had most of this stuff 
figured out by now :-(

Cheers,

	John Gay