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From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Newbie, X server not working.
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Do you see any error messages in the terminal after it
crashes? Does it crash, or just hang? XFree86 was the
hardest thing for me to get set up as a newbie. It was
a good learning moment...

--Tim

--- john-n-judy <john-n-judy@msn.com> wrote:
> I installed the user w/xwindow distribution 4.2
> successfully except for one
> thing.  I cannot get the xwindows to start.  When I
> was in the X86Config
> through /stand/sysinstall, it recognized my mouse
> and I was configuring it
> in an xwindow environment, but when trying to start
> xwindows, it could not
> do it.  I have an ATI All in wonder video card.  I
> used the Mach64 drivers
> like it specified, but still no luck.  Any ideas for
> this newbie?  I really
> want to switch over to Unix/Linux from Windows.  Any
> help would greatly be
> appreciated.
> John Ellison
> john-n-judy@msn.com
> 
> 
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