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Article #57427Re: /dev/console
From: Ian COWELL
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 00:00
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Barry wrote: > > You wouldn't happen to have a Trident video card would you??? > > Daniel Hack <herron@b022.aone.net.au> wrote in article > <53ut17$aok@news.mel.aone.net.au>... > > In article <01bbba36$a11922c0$b0961286@itmel_wdsmiba.itmel.bhp.com.au>, > "Barry " <smith.barry.bj@bhp.com.au> wrote: > > >Sounds like you might need to run xf86config?? > > > > > Did that a few times, I think I'm just trying to configure an > incompatible > > server... > > You could also try running (assuming bash shell) X -probeonly >/tmp/probeop 2>&1 The look at the result (in /tmp/probeop) to see if any errors have been reported by the server in trying to start. It should also tell you what parameters it found. The XF86Config file parameters may be rejected by the server because they are incompatible with the card. -- Ian Cowell icowell@mpce.mq.edu.au ----------------------
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