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Date:      Fri, 22 Mar 1996 16:34:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Michael D. Corbett" <mcorbett@halcyon.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: getting X up.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960322163350.281B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960322120713.20915A-100000@coho.halcyon.com>

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On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Michael D. Corbett wrote:

> I have the freebsd CD-ROM 2.1 release.  I have successfully installed one 
> of the minimal configurations off the novice installation.  That being 
> done, I have gone back and installed the X developer package, to replace 
> the original "user" install.  The video card is a S3 TRIO/64 w/2Mb. of RAM.

Okey do.....

> The problem seems to be that my X entry is a soft link to the XF86_S3 
> server, but the only server in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory is XF86_SVGA...
> 
> Is there something funky in the install since this video card has no external
> ramdac or clock chip, or did I fat finger something on the install?

I think you missed :-)  Yes, you can just untar the XF86_S3 server, 
rebuild the symlink, config, and enjoy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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