Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:22:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> To: MET <met@uberstats.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring XFree86 - not working... Message-ID: <XFMail.20020926122259.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <000001c2656a$703845b0$6401a8c0@SURVIVAL>
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On 26-Sep-2002 MET wrote: > So I've installed XFree86 (or rather FBSD 4.6.2 did as it came with it). > I'm updated my ports and my system to -STABLE. However when I try to > configure X-Server I get a blue flashy screen that reminds of death (too > many years on MS I guess). Any how, I'm attempting to the Handbook ( > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > ): > > # XFree86 -configure > > # XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new > > Instead of the wonderful "black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor" I > get some retarded shaky blue-ish crap. My machine is a Dell Inspiron > 8200 Laptop ( 15 IN SXGA+ || 64MB DDR 4X AGP NVIDIA NV17 3D VIDEO ). > > Any ideas what I have to do in order to get this to work? Try running "xf86cfg -textmode". -- Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> Yes, but which self do you want to be? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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