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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-10.sprintlink.net!news.nkn.net!cybernews.net!fastlane.net!rocketfn From: William Charnock <rocketfn@fastlane.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XFREE863.2 and CL543X video card Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 12:44:21 -0600 Organization: CyberNews Network Lines: 29 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961204124348.24476A-100000@fastlane.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961201203008.546B-100000@cerberus.fastlane.net> <581e5n$2ui@anorak.utell.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: fastlane.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <581e5n$2ui@anorak.utell.net> I figured it out myself.. seems the install prog puts a clocks line in the XF86Config file, which in turn hoses the system.. William Charnock System Administrator/Supervisor of Tech Support FastLane Communications On 3 Dec 1996, Brian Somers wrote: > In article <Pine.BSF.3.95.961201203008.546B-100000@cerberus.fastlane.net>, > "William R. Charnock" <rocketfn@cerberus.fastlane.net> writes: > : Greetings, > : > : I have been trying desperately to get my X-server running.. I run the > : config program and it all looks fine, but when I type xinit i get an error > : message that there are no screens available. When I choose the generic > : vga driver at setup it loads just fine. Anyone have any ideas about how > : to get this working? 3.1.2 worked great on my system and I am frustrated > : as hell!! > > Try startx rather than xinit. > > -- > Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> > <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > . > >