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From: venkat@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Venkat Swaminathan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: XFree86 gives me a blank screen !
Keywords: X Xfree86 install
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Date: 30 Sep 92 19:34:49 GMT
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Hi folks,

I downloaded the XFree86 binaries from agate:/pub/incoming/X386 and have been
[unsuccessfully] trying to install XFree86. After I type 'sh startx' or 
'xinit' there is a 3-4 second pause and then the message "Waiting for X
server to begin accepting connections" followed by a number of periods - two
to a line. After a minute or two the screen just blanks and nothing short of a
reboot will get the screen back. The keyboard is apparently working because
of the disk activity pattern when I type a command etc.  I have spent hours
on trying out different values in the Xconfig file to no avail. I am using the
kernel binary from agate:/pub/incoming/X386/386bsd.kernel... whatever.

DETAILS:
	386/25 MHz machine with 4MB RAM/125MB HD; Diamond Speedstar VGA video
	card with 1MB video RAM; MAG PMV 1448 monitor; Microsoft compatible
	mouse on com1.

Any help will be appreciated either by email or USENET. Thanks !

Venkat