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From: jnpotts@iastate.edu (James N. Potts)
Subject: [386BSD] X386--What do I do next?
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Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 00:48:00 GMT
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I've just installed a decent sized hard-drive in my computer, so I finally have
room to have 386BSD running X.  The problem is that I'm at a loss as how to go
about doing it.  I have:

1) grabbed the binary dist from agate and unpacked it.
2) replaced the kernel with the one in the binary dist
3) edited an Xconfig file.
4) mknod-ed /dev/vga
5) changed /etc/ttys to use "vga" instead of "console."

What else do I have to do?  I tried placing xdm at the end of my rc file to
see what would happen, but this tended to do nothing.  Can someone out there
please tell me what more I have to do?

Help would be GREATLY appreciated!

James
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James N. Potts          |  "To err is human.  To get multiple UAE's 
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tabp6@isuvax.iastate.edu|                      - Me