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From: James Raynard <fqueries@parody.tecc.co.uk>
To: Steve Ames <steve@cioeserv.cioe.com>
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Subject: Re: newbie XFree86 install question
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On Mon, 25 Dec 1995, Steve Ames wrote:

> My big question comes in... what next? Nothing amazing seems to happen.
> Screen flickers briefly when xdm is called.

Well, it should switch into graphics mode and give you a screen with a login 
dialogue box in the middle... did you write a XF86Config script to set it 
up for your video card and monitor? Are you running xdm as root?

James

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