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From: William  Charnock <rocketfn@fastlane.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XFREE863.2 and CL543X video card
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 12:44:21 -0600
Organization: CyberNews Network
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I figured it out myself.. seems the install prog puts a clocks line in 
the XF86Config file, which in turn hoses the system..

William Charnock
System Administrator/Supervisor of Tech Support
FastLane Communications

On 3 Dec 1996, Brian Somers wrote:

> In article <Pine.BSF.3.95.961201203008.546B-100000@cerberus.fastlane.net>,
> 	"William R. Charnock" <rocketfn@cerberus.fastlane.net> writes:
> : Greetings,
> : 
> : I have been trying desperately to get my X-server running.. I run the
> : config program and it all looks fine, but when I type xinit i get an error
> : message that there are no screens available.  When I choose the generic
> : vga driver at setup it loads just fine.  Anyone have any ideas about how
> : to get this working?  3.1.2 worked great on my system and I am frustrated
> : as hell!!
> 
> Try startx rather than xinit.
> 
> -- 
> Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
>       <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
> .
> 
>