On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, tomo kiwc wrote: > i have potato 2.2 and i tried to configure my video card with XF86config > (XF86setup doesnt work with my card). > my card is SiS6326 and it is listed on the video card list, so i just chose > it from the list (the server is SVGA). i also know my monitor's > characteristics so it was no problem of choosing either. > > but there is a problem in running startx. > ive read somewhere in the README files that i should copy XF86config file > from /etc/X11 to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 before i run startx. so i did. > but when i run startx this comes out: > > exec of XF86_SVGA failed > > now im totally confused. where did i go wrong??? > please help.
Are you sure that you have the SVGA server installed? I've run into this once and that was the culprit - try running "apt-get install xserver-svga" Good luck, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 43599611 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books... Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that." "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" -- James Stewart
