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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Xfre86 on a VGA monitor
Date: 18 Aug 1996 07:53:51 GMT
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accentkc@qni.com (jake) wrote:

> i have a trident svga video card, but an old crappy vga monitor.  the
> problem is that X is linked to XF86_SVGA, not XF86_VGA_16.  actually, the
> problem is that XF866_VGA_16 doesnt even appear in /usr/X11R6/bin.

So you forgot to install it.  Simply unpack the .tgz file directly.
There used to be a README in the XFree86 distribution explaining the
contents of the various archive files.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)