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From: bdqjl43@bell-atl.com (Vlad D. Markov)
Subject: Re: XINIT or STARTX vs. ATI GX Mach64
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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 14:33:14 GMT
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In article <4f30vt$l4j@over.mhv.net>,
	cgainey@mhv.net writes:
>Went thru the Novice Install procedure and have repeated xf86config, setting
>up for a Mach64 wrt/H-sync, V-sync, etc.  Mostly, the choices are already in
>menu selections, so it's not a matter of try to "interpolate" a valid setting.
>Still, when I issue startx, I get a flash of messages too quick to read and
>then a blank screen.

I redirected startx's stdout and stderr to a file so I could read the
errors after I failed like you did. Then I could read the error and fix
it. My error was an incorrect "X".

Vlad