Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:57:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> To: john-n-judy@msn.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie, X server not working. Message-ID: <20010717155729.27212.qmail@web11705.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <NEBBJJCJCLHKDGHPEPOCIEJLCAAA.john-n-judy@msn.com>
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Do you see any error messages in the terminal after it crashes? Does it crash, or just hang? XFree86 was the hardest thing for me to get set up as a newbie. It was a good learning moment... --Tim --- john-n-judy <john-n-judy@msn.com> 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 X86Config > 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 drivers > like it specified, but still no luck. Any ideas for > this newbie? I really > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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