Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:47:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: John Derk <johnderk@infoserve.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: installing XWindows Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808120946520.10649-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35CFC10D.895AA0B4@infoserve.net>
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, John Derk wrote: > Then I backed out to the FreeBSD Configuration Menu where I selected > some Packages. > > Finally, I went into the "XFree86" screen, where I selected "XF86 > Setup". Then I got a message about which mouse protocols to use, > selected "OK," and finally, there was a screen with the message "Press > enter to switch to graphics mode..." I hit enter and waited. After > about a minute, I was simply returned to the previous menu. That's as > far as I got. Odd. What brand/model of video card do you have? As a stopgap you can use the text mode xf86config utility. Just follow the prompts and you should be ok. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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