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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!eru.mt.luth.se!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.cybercom.net!ksmm From: ksmm@cybercom.net (The Classiest Man Alive) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Xwindows Date: 4 Oct 1996 22:01:34 GMT Organization: Cyber Access Internet Communications, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5341fu$4rg@orion.cybercom.net> References: <3254424B.68FD@po.cwru.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell1.cybercom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael T. Schwegler (mts12@po.cwru.edu) wrote: : I can't seem to get Xwindows running... I've installed the freebsd on a : Compaq Pesario CDS 520 which didn't offer the specs on the monitor. The : system reboots when I attempt to start xwindows and I think it may be : because I don't have the proper configuration set for the monitor. : Please help : mts12@po.cwru.edu That sounds a little harsh for a bad monitor spec. In similar situations, I've usually just gotten a message that a matching video card/monitor pair can't be found. Have you tried using the VGA or Mono drivers (which are 16 and 2 colors, respectively, and should work on anything)? Sorry I can't be of more help. Let me know how it goes.