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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't get XFree86 up
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:51:01 -0500
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In article <337a6cd9.1610701@news.swbell.net>,
	bluesky1@swbell.net writes:
> I just installed FreeBSD 2.1.7 (I think) and I am trying to get
> XFree86 to work. I try to run the Setup program and it won't execute.
> In fact it seems like many programs won't execute. Am I missing
> something. Say I go into the X11 directory and want to run XFree86 for
> the first time. What would I type? Documentation on this OS is good,
> but by nature it covers to many configs.

su (to root)
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup

This *should* bring up the interactive configuration utility.  If not,
well...you got trouble in River City.

-- 
Conrad Sabatier
http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads