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Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:07:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Lawrence Mutenda <mutenda@twins.infor.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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Subject: Re: running X on FreeBSD.
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On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Lawrence Mutenda wrote:

> 
> hi,
> 
> I own an IBM  Aptiva J33 computer sold in Japan. I installed FreeBSD
> correctly but when I tried to run the X serever that comes with the
> freeBSD disk, I could not.
> 
> My graphics card is the SiS 6205. The mouse is a PS/2 mouse but
> I cant seen to configure both even with the graphical configuration 
> osftware that is included in the disk.

You'll have to talk to XFree86 on this; most likely your display adapter
isn't supported in X.

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