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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:30:28 -0400
From:      "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm>
To:        "Jay O'Brien" <jayobrien@att.net>, "FreeBSD - questions" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: X configuration problem - new info
Message-ID:  <1092828628.13079.202564342@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <41228B16.80804@att.net>
References:  <4121C262.6020409@att.net> <20040817183040.3511.LUKEK@meibin.net> <41228B16.80804@att.net>

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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:47:50 -0700, "Jay O'Brien" <jayobrien@att.net>
said:
[snip]
> After over an hour and a half of downloading (and I have a 1.3MHz DSL) I 
> tried again. Now I get different error messages, and I don't understand 
> at all what this unwanted download has done to my computer. 
> The errors are: 
> 
>    VGA(0): Virtual height (0) is too small for the hardware (min 1)
>    Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> 
> I'm going to wipe the HD clean again and start over, using my current ISO 
> CD. This download, with many separate unrelated files, has me really 
> concerned about what I unwittingly added to my HD. I don't even know 
> where all the files I saw come in are now placed on the HD!

Seems like the problems are with X config rather than what files are
living on your HD.  There are any number of X config files/tutorials on
the Net to read through and compare to what you're getting in
/etc/X11/XF86Config.  If that doesn't give you a good idea what to fix,
send your config file to the list so someone smarter than I am can help
you.  ;-)
 
> Is there any disadvantage to installing XFree86 with # pkg_add -r XFree86
> as compared to using /stand/sysinstall, select Configure | XFree86 ?

You just have to do the config step separately after pkg_add. 
Otherwise, no difference I'm aware of.

Jud



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