From owner-freebsd-questions  Tue Aug 13 20:12:31 2002
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 8C27137B400; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:12:25 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 24D4343E6E; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:12:25 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from mikenoc@mindspring.com)
Received: from monkey ([24.98.98.171]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com
          (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP
          id <20020814031224.WLDS19356.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@monkey>;
          Wed, 14 Aug 2002 03:12:24 +0000
Message-ID: <027401c24340$6dd3cc00$847ba8c0@monkey>
From: "Mike Flanagan" <mikenoc@mindspring.com>
To: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
References: <021f01c2431c$659ba680$847ba8c0@monkey> <3D598F3A.7010301@owt.com>
Subject: Re: Getting X windows to work with XFree86 4
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 23:12:31 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG>
List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive)
List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions)
List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-questions>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-questions>
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

 Kent you are geniuse thank you :)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com>
To: "Mike Flanagan" <mikenoc@mindspring.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Getting X windows to work with XFree86 4


> 
> 
> Mike Flanagan wrote:
> 
> >  I am unable to setup x windows with Xfree86 4. Using
> > 
> > previous versions I could use XF86Setup and it would auto
> > 
> > probe my video card "S3Virge" and work perfectly.  It appears
> > 
> > that XF86Setup is no longer an option so I tried using xf86cfg.
> > 
> > When I try using xf86cfg it launches an xsession perfectly
> > 
> > but I do not see an option to save the settings. Then I exit
> > 
> > out of xf86cfg and do a startx and get a fatal server error
> > 
> > no screens found. It sounds like the xserver isnt setup but
> > 
> > I do not see an option to config anything when xf86cfg is launched.
> > 
> > Is there a way to save the settings once xf86cfg launches ?
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> It sounds like you didn't remove /etc/XF86Config or at least rename it 
> to o.XF86Config. I found that 4.2 expects it in 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> 
> Kent
> 
> -- 
> Kent Stewart
> Richland, WA
> 
> http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
> 
> 


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message