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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Xwin woes..
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:08:41 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Caffiene Dependent <seventek@nntp.best.com>

Caffiene Dependent wrote:
> that it would not run 1024x768.  Then I tried the Xaccel package, and it
> ran 1024x768.  When I switched back, it ran 1024x768 (wierd.).  But

Well, no surprise that the diamond support in Xaccel is different than
in XF86.

> a sudden, it will only run 800x600.  Any ideas?  It also would not let me
> use virtual windows in 1024x768.. it said not enough mem. (is this using
> system mem or vram?  I have 12MB +30MB swap..)

vram.

> 2. When I tried to create my own .xinitrc in my dir, X would not work.  It
> started up and shat itself.  Any bugs with this?

The last thing in your .xinitrc *cannot exit* - put the window manager
last and don't background it.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project