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Re: Newbie problem with startx

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From: Louis Hissink
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00
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John van der Veur wrote:

> Hi all,
> >
> >However when running the command "startx" I get the error message:
> >
> >"Tried         /root/XF86config
> >       /etc/XF86config
> >       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11........
> >       /usr/X11R6/lib/....etc, etc"
> >
> >"No config file found"
>
> The problem has been sorted out - for some reason or another when I
> ran Xconfigurator there was no Config file being written even though
> Xconfigurator probed and found my video card.
>
> To resolve the problem I ran XF86Setup, made a few guesses and presto,
> it created a Config file in the /etc directory.
>
> Now when I run "startx" I get the required result.  Now  I need to
> learn how to change the screen resolution and the number of colours
> (256, High Colour, etc).
>
> Thank you all for your suggestions and advice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John

Hi John,

Hmm, now why did that happen in the first place ?Did you do a "default"
install and let it do its own thing, or changed default settings ?

Louis
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