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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!max.u.washington.edu!anything From: anything@max.u.washington.edu Subject: [X386] xdm won't start display :0 Message-ID: <1992Oct2.084609.1@max.u.washington.edu> Lines: 28 Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Organization: ÿÿÿÿ Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 15:46:09 GMT HELP!!! when I start xdm from root I get a lot of disk activity and nothing else. upon reading my /usr/X386/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors I find: X386 Version 1.2E 1.0.2a / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) Fatal server error: no screens found error (pid 1064): IO Error in XOpenDisplay error (pid 1062): Display :0 cannot be opened (repeated ad nauseum.... and varied with) Fatal server error: no screens found error (pid 1062): Server for display :0 terminating unexpectedly: 1 (also repeated) the setup is traight out of agate.berkeley.edu /pub/incoming/X386 using x386install. the video setup is a diamond speedstart Plus using 1024K and the et4000 chip, the screen is a nec multisync 2 and the default mode was 640x480 which was well within the capabilities of the display combo. any ideas? Don Levinson anything@max.u.washington.edu alt: levinson@halcyon.com