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From: Alan McConnell
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 00:00

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doug healy <doug.healy@ccmail.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:

>I have installed the Slackware version of Linux and used the 
>Setup program to install all the packages including XFree86. I 
>ran the ConfigXF86 program and saved the Xconfig file. When I run 
>startx I get past the initial S3 ( I have an S3 Video Card ) 
>header and then it bombs out saying that :
> Fatal Server Error 
> No Config File Found !
	Either your XConfig is not correctly named(XConfig for R5 or
	XF86Config for R6), or it is not in the right directory.  I used
	to keep mine in /etc, now keep it in /usr/X11/lib/X11; I believe
	the home directory also works.

HTH, best wishes, Alan McConnell

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