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From: clinton@bconnex.net@bconnex.net  (Clinton Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: trying to configure X
Date: 15 Apr 1996 22:41:10 GMT
Organization: Barrie Connex newsserver
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Reply-To: clinton@bconnex.net@ (Clinton Evans)
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>To the person having difficulty:  It sounds to me like you have installed 
>the  server at a lower bit-per-pixel resolution than you wanted.  Is 
>this the XFree86 or the Xinside server?  Did you run Xsetup?
>-- 
>Pete Berger
>Coordinator, Regional Information Infrastructure
>Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

It is most refreshing to see someone being helpful.

Regards Clinton