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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:14:26 +0000
From:      Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk>
To:        "Dogbert's Nephew" <englishk@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: S3 but no action
Message-ID:  <v01540b00b1175e3efa02@[195.173.100.20]>

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You don't start X by typing the name of the server you are using. You must
link your server to a file called X, ie: ln -s XF86_S3 X and run X by
typing startx, this loads your window manager, etc.

If you ran xf86config, this would of all been done for you.


Hope this helps!

Lee.

>Spike said:
>>
>>  Try using the S3 server, I think you have an S3 card.
>>
>I DO have  an S3 card so now I use the S3 server.
>Only prolem is there is nothing but a mouse pointer and a background when
>I run 'XF86_S3'. I can move the mouse around but clicking on the buttons
>does nothing and there are not windows open intially. Any one have a
>similar experience? If you need the details (files), let me know.
>
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