Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:56:34 -0400 From: Isaac Mushinsky <imush@mail.ru> To: <john-n-judy@msn.com>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Newbie, X server not working. Message-ID: <01071722563401.00413@omsk.mushinsky.net> In-Reply-To: <NEBBJJCJCLHKDGHPEPOCIEJLCAAA.john-n-judy@msn.com> References: <NEBBJJCJCLHKDGHPEPOCIEJLCAAA.john-n-judy@msn.com>
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Ra you sure the file XF86Config exists and is in the right place? I think= the=20 configuration utility only creates the file in you home directory. You th= en=20 examine and put it in /etc/X11. It appears you installed X v 3.x.x. Perhaps you should try 4.0.x in the=20 ports. I found it much better. On Tuesday 17 July 2001 11:52, you wrote: > I installed the user w/xwindow distribution 4.2 successfully except for= one > thing. I cannot get the xwindows to start. When I was in the X86Confi= g > through /stand/sysinstall, it recognized my mouse and I was configuring= it > in an xwindow environment, but when trying to start xwindows, it could = not > do it. I have an ATI All in wonder video card. I used the Mach64 driv= ers > like it specified, but still no luck. Any ideas for this newbie? I re= ally > want to switch over to Unix/Linux from Windows. Any help would greatly= be > appreciated. > John Ellison > john-n-judy@msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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