Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:23:40 -0400 From: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Mohsin Rahman <mtech@buffnet.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT - XFree86 4.0.1 Message-ID: <3975ABDB.D1331F19@mitre.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10007190846120.20565-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Mohsin Rahman wrote: > > I have FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE installed on a AMD Athlon. Works great. > When I go to configure XFree86 4.0.1 from the ports collection, > it runs thru fine, and then according to the docs, I issue: > > XFree86 -configure > > It tells me to test the new server by > > XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new > > which I do, and I get the grey screen, but nothing else. Ctrl-Alt-+ > does not do anything, and other than just grey screen, I get nothing. > > Has anyone on the list gotten XFree86 4.0.1 to run with an ATI card. > It shoud be straight forward, but cant get it to work. Thanks in > advance. I have gone thru the docs on Xfree86.org, but still get > stuck at this grey screen. Any pointer appreciated. I think your X is working, you just don't have anything running. Try hitting ctrl-alt-backspace to kill the X server and run the "startx" command. It should bring up a few xterms and an ugly window manager (twm). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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