From: atheobald@cbis.com (Allen M Theobald) Subject: Can't get XFree86 to start Date: 29 Apr 1993 09:37:37 -0400
Hello Everyone,
I have installed the TAMU.99p4 version of linux successfully, but I
can't seem to get XFree86 to start. The FAQ says to run "startx.
Hmmm...., but
Can someone please explain this to me? I get this screenfull of
messages when trying to "startx".
> no SIOCGIFCONF
> XFree86 Version 1.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
> Configured drivers:
> VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
> et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, ati, tvga8900
> Trident chipset version: 0x13
> VGA256: tvga8900 (mem: 256k numclocks: 16)
> VGA256: clocks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
> VGA256: Too little memory for virtual resolution
>
> *** None of the configured devices was detected.***
>
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> giving up.
> xinit: Invalid argument (errno 22): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Thanks,
Allen
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