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From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net>
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Subject: Re: Problem with XFree86-4.2.0 on FreeBSD 4.6???
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On 16-Jun-2002 drlski@attbi.com wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 4.6 with XFree86-4.2.0 on an 
> Inspiron 8000 using an ATI Mobility M4.  when I 
> do 'XFree86 -configure' it creates the config file fine 
> but then when I try to use it I get this:
>   (EE) R128(0): No valid modes found
>   (EE) Screens found, but none have a usable 
> configuration
>   Fatal server error:
>   no screens found
> When I was using XFree86-4.1.0 on FreeBSD 4.5 it worked 
> fine without a problem.  Is there something that I can 
> do now?

In XFree86 4.x, you'd do much better to run "xf86cfg -textmode" instead.

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Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net>

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