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Article #27Re: Boot Manager won't Boot to Linux
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:00
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In article <5ni958$ldo@ns.cowboy.net>, tmoore@cowboy.net says... > >>P.S. When I run 'startx' it fails telling me I need to create a >>config file. Any help on what should be in the config file or even >>better how to automatically generate one would also be much appreciated. > >>David > >I can't be of much help with the first, btu as for generating a config >file for startx to use, you should got to the /etc/X11 directory and >run XF86Config to configure it. There are lots of helpfull prompts >that will help you to tell xwindows how to run. > >All the best, >Tom Moore > The name of the configuration file is XF86Config, but the command you want to type to make that file is "xf86config" without all the caps. You should be able to type it in from anywhere if it is properly in your path. -- Webmaster The Barditch http://www.barditch.com ----------------- "You know it's going to be a bad day when you wake up and the only bird that's singing outside your window is a buzzard."
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: faa64,f912ce48bd2262e3 X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa64,public X-Google-Thread: 10a752,f912ce48bd2262e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,f912ce48bd2262e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: Postmaster@barditch.com (Webmaster) Subject: Re: Boot Manager won't Boot to Linux Date: 1997/06/18 Message-ID: <33a7b8d8.0@news.barditch.com> X-Deja-AN: 249294739 References: <325726C0.7292@powerup.com.au> <5ni958$ldo@ns.cowboy.net> X-Authenticated-User: jtb Organization: The Barditch News Server Newsgroups: aus.computers.os2,aus.computers.linux,alt.os.linux