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- From: tjrc1@cus.cam.ac.uk (T.J.R. Cutts)
- Subject: Re: Problem with running XFree86, no screens found
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.134311.25979@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- References: <FRITZZ.92Dec15172235@ko.ldgo.columbia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 13:43:11 GMT
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- In article <FRITZZ.92Dec15172235@ko.ldgo.columbia.edu>, fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) writes:
-
- |> I just tried to run the pre-compiled X386 server from the XFree86
- |> (from blancmange.ma.utexas.edu) on a ISC 2.02 box. Programs (I tried
- |> xlogo) worked fine, but the server gave me the following message (I
- |> ran it with 'X386 vt06':
- |>
- |>
- |> XFree86 Version 1.1 / X Window System
- |> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- |> Configured drivers:
- |> VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
- |> et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, ati, tvga8900
- |> (using VT number 6)
- |>
- |> VGA256: pvga1 (mem: 512k numclocks: 14)
- |> VGA256: clocks: 25 28 59 72 78 71 52 64 13 14 34 36 40 33
- |> VGA256: Too little memory for all resolutions
- |>
- |> *** None of the configured devices was detected.***
- |>
- |>
- |> Fatal server error:
- |> no screens found
-
- What video card are you using? I had this message to start with, because I have
- an S3 based video card, and I was not using an S3 server. If that is the case
- for you, I know there are S3 servers available for both Linux and 386BSD.
-
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