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From: barclaac@boat.bt.co.uk (Alex Barclay)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help:  X won't run !!
Date: 30 Sep 1994 15:10:12 GMT
Organization: BT Laboratories
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In article <36cs03$81o@rigel.cs.pdx.edu>, jdt@cs.pdx.edu (jeffrey d tesch) says:
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I have just installed FreeBSD 1.1 and am trying to install XFree86 2.1.1.
>When I start the X server, it dies almost right away.
>
>Running:
>  xinit >& xinit.err
>
>produced the following xinit.err file:

>(--) Trident chipset version: 0x33 (TVGA8900CL/D)
>(--) VGA256: chipset:  tvga8900cl
>(--) VGA256: videoram: 1024k

>VGA256: Too little memory for mode 1280x1024i
>


Forgive me if I'm wrong here but doesn't 1280x1024 require 1280KB video ram
on the board.

Try a lesser resolution like 1024x768

Hope this helps

Alex.