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From: chr@bio128.uni-bielefeld.de (Christian Bartling)
Subject: problems starting X
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1992 12:18:38 GMT
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I installed Linux 0.98x and XFree86 1.1 on my 386/33 MHz with 8Mb RAM and 200 Mb IDE Drive.
 When I try to run X, I get the following
error message :

Fatal server error:
  Can not initialize core device

giving up...

What is the reason for this error ??

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Christian Bartling
chr@bio128.uni-bielefeld.de