Re: Can't open display problem

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From: David Robley
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 00:00

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In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.970121131727.26388C-100000@eiger.pv.unsw.EDU.AU>, 
Seyed  (aka seyed@cse.unsw.EDU.AU) wrote...
>
>Hi,
>
>I installed slackware linux in a dos subdirectory and it works fine but
>ehen I startx or xinit it says can not open display and it says no
>configuration file found and gives me fatal error. Anyone knows how to
>make a configuration file.
>
>My computer is pentium 90 with 24M ram and I am using Tseng lab SVGA card.
>
>Any help will be appriciated.
>

Perhaps you should have a look at the XFree86 Howto file as a starting point. 
This will give you some info on installing and configuring XFree86 - then you 
have to install/configure a window manager....

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