Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:57:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: mc@speakeasy.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4rc4 & XFree86 4.1.0 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109131656300.28380-100000@rac2.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <200109131723.f8DHNa201361@spidey.speakeasy.net>
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> i installed 4.4 rc4 from cd and xfree86 4.1.0 (since i have a GeForce2 > GTS card)... XF86Setup doesn't exsist so i can't correctly setup > xwindows. I even tried XFree86 -configure and it made the config file > and then proceeded with XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new . > XWindows did start but remained at the point were just the zig zag > background and "x" mouse icon were the only things displaying. The > same thing happens when i use xf86cfg... How can i fix? This is the > error i get when i run the configuration programs. It seems that i > don't have my x11 fonts. I don't know how to install them, i've > installed the XFree86-4-FontServer but same result. After you have a config file, mv /root/XF86Config.new /etc/X11 then startx That SHOULD get you working, but with an 8-bit depth. I'll let you get that far and then tell you how to enable 16/24 bit color depth if that matters to you. Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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