From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 21 23:27:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cepheus.azstarnet.com (cepheus.azstarnet.com [169.197.56.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 752881500E for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 23:27:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sbcorey@azstarnet.com) Received: from azstarnet.com (dialup002ip249.tus.azstarnet.com [169.197.14.249]) by cepheus.azstarnet.com (8.9.3+blt.Beta0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA10666; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 00:27:20 -0700 (MST) X-Sent-via: StarNet http://www.azstarnet.com/ Message-ID: <38607E24.4A15F19D@azstarnet.com> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 00:30:44 -0700 From: Scott Corey X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Page Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broken XFree86 installation! Help! References: <000101bf4c1b$e0b43e40$04c8c8c8@GWBox.davecorp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dave Page wrote: > > I have installed FreeBSD!! (Yes!) > > During install I tried to install XFree86, but I think I botched something. > I get this error: > > "Fatal server error: No valid modes found. > > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)." > > I am brand-spankin'-new to BSD. With this in mind, what should I do? Run > xf86config? Or is it easier to modify the XF86Config file? > > Also, what did I fail to do? > All of the above! > Dave > > davecpage@earthlink.net > davecpage@hotmail.com > You must configure Xfree86 to your monitor and video card. Run XFSetup or xf86config, both will walk you through configuration. However, before doing either of these, have ALL of the information i.e. what type of video card, how much memory, what type of monitor, etc... In fact just go to http://www.xfree86.org . Scott -- "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." --Thomas Jefferson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message