XWindows Help !!

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From: Tony Langdon
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:00

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It's 26 Nov 97  20:08,
We'll return to mstrates@minkirri.apana.org.au and All's
discussion of XWindows Help !!

 > I have just set up a Lunux system using the slackware distribution.  I
 > installed the packages for the X windows system and I have run the
 > configuration utility.  When i type in startx, it comes up with the
 > following message;

 ms> Try and setup XFree86 using the generic VGA server. You can do this by
 ms> typing "XF86Setup" as root.

That's what I did, and as I'll rarely be using X with the local server
(have to swap disks to do that), standard VGA is fine for me. :-)

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From: tlang@freeway.DIALix.oz.au (Tony Langdon)
Subject: XWindows Help !!
Date: 1997/11/27
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