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From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: My problems with the XFree86/FreeBSD_2.1
To: akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu (Kazem Akbari)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:16:01 +1100 (EST)
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>   It  has been for three  weeks which I  am struggling to install and
>test the FreeBSD_2.1 on my new computer but in spite of all my efforts
>so   far  I have been   able  to partially   install  the package. The
>first/main problem  occurred when I was trying  to install the XFree86
>Version 3.1.2 and  answering the corresponding questions regarding the
>Video and  Graphical  cards.  I have    a  17" monitor  (CTX  1785GMe,
>1280x1024  dp)  and for the  graphics  I do  have a Diamond Stealth-64
>Video VRAM (4 MB) accelerator.   I guess I  got a wrong set-up for the
>video/graphics. The message following the invocation of "startx" is as
>follows:
>
>"XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X window System 
>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6001)
>Operating System: FreeBSD 2.0.5
>Configured drivers:
>  S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
>      mmio_928, s3_generic
>Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
>(using VT number 4)
>
>Fatal server error:
>No config file found!
>Note, the X server no longer looks for XF86Config in $HOME
>X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)"
>
>I should bring to your observation that the "XF86Connfig" is located
>at:
>	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config

Is that file readable by the user starting X?

David