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From: Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com>
To: Redmond Militante <r-militante@northwestern.edu>,
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On Saturday 15 June 2002 08:17 am, Redmond Militante wrote:
> now, the machine boots successfully, but i can't startx as root or
> regular user.  the message i get is fatal server error: no valid modes
> found.

That's because the Rage128 Pro is not a "mach64".

> anyways, here's my config.  if anyone can tell me what i'm doing wrong
> i'd really appreciate it.  thanks

This question belongs on freebsd-questions. Please direct all technical 
questions there. We are all a bunch of newbies, which means we don't know 
what we are talking about. It's possible to screw up your XF86Config file in 
such a way that will DESTROY your monitor. So get advice from the experts.

Hint: I've got an Optiplex GX240, Rage128 Pro, and FreeBSD 4.5. Very similar. 
Use XFree86-4.2 instead of 3.3.6 with this card, and the driver is "ati".

David

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