D> ... sudo XFree86 :1 -ac -verbose 10 -logverbose 10 Do you have any versions that don't start an x server if all is OK?
I want a software check only, no snap crackle pop of the hardware. You know, like when we power up, when there is a XF86Config-4 syntax error, the X Server will refuse to start. That's as far as I want to go.