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From: aunrau@rrcc.mb.ca
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: XFree86 not starting
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 21:40:47 GMT
Organization: The University of Manitoba
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Hello.

I am having problems getting XFree86 to work. I am using an ATI Mach64
video card, with the correct server downloaded (and installed) from
XFree86.org. I have run the graphical setup utility  and made all of
my selections. It tries to start up the X server, and it cannot. No
error message is given. I have tried to start xinit from the command
line, but it gives me a syntax error. How do I go about
troubleshooting this?

BTW - I am using FreeBSD 2.1.6


Allen Unrau
Red River Community College
aunrau@rrcc.mb.ca