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Article #47465Re: Newbie problem with startx
From: Louis Hissink
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00
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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