Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 16:34:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Michael D. Corbett" <mcorbett@halcyon.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting X up. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960322163350.281B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960322120713.20915A-100000@coho.halcyon.com>
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On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Michael D. Corbett wrote: > I have the freebsd CD-ROM 2.1 release. I have successfully installed one > of the minimal configurations off the novice installation. That being > done, I have gone back and installed the X developer package, to replace > the original "user" install. The video card is a S3 TRIO/64 w/2Mb. of RAM. Okey do..... > The problem seems to be that my X entry is a soft link to the XF86_S3 > server, but the only server in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory is XF86_SVGA... > > Is there something funky in the install since this video card has no external > ramdac or clock chip, or did I fat finger something on the install? I think you missed :-) Yes, you can just untar the XF86_S3 server, rebuild the symlink, config, and enjoy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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