Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:16:01 +1100 (EST) From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu (Kazem Akbari) Cc: XFree86@XFree86.Org, akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu, questions@FreeBSD.org, support@cdrom.com, tombs@XFree86.Org Subject: Re: My problems with the XFree86/FreeBSD_2.1 Message-ID: <199602072216.JAA21412@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602071837.NAA01659@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu> from "Kazem Akbari" at Feb 7, 96 01:37:00 pm
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> It has been for three weeks which I am struggling to install and >test the FreeBSD_2.1 on my new computer but in spite of all my efforts >so far I have been able to partially install the package. The >first/main problem occurred when I was trying to install the XFree86 >Version 3.1.2 and answering the corresponding questions regarding the >Video and Graphical cards. I have a 17" monitor (CTX 1785GMe, >1280x1024 dp) and for the graphics I do have a Diamond Stealth-64 >Video VRAM (4 MB) accelerator. I guess I got a wrong set-up for the >video/graphics. The message following the invocation of "startx" is as >follows: > >"XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X window System >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6001) >Operating System: FreeBSD 2.0.5 >Configured drivers: > S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) > mmio_928, s3_generic >Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) >(using VT number 4) > >Fatal server error: >No config file found! >Note, the X server no longer looks for XF86Config in $HOME >X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)" > >I should bring to your observation that the "XF86Connfig" is located >at: > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config Is that file readable by the user starting X? David
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