Subject: Re: startx on mac powerbook pismo
From: Josh Davidson (josdav@tfn.net)
Date: Thu Sep 14 2000 - 17:51:32 MDT
Kevin,
The easiest solution is to get XFree86 4.0, which has a working Pismo
config file with it.
find out the deal here:
http://penguinppc.org/usr/xf4/
-- josh
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Kevin J. Holland wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 15:47:41 -0500
> From: Kevin J. Holland <hollandk@ULV.EDU>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: startx on mac powerbook pismo
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm settling into the long drawn out process of installing yellow dog
> linux champion server 1.2 on my mac powerbook pismo. I'm very new to
> the list and linux. The commands, navigation techniques and
> directories are confusing to me after 10 years under the mac
> operating system, so bear with me if I don't understand some of the
> most basic commands within linux.
>
> I'm at the point where I can log in under root with my password,
> everything loads fine, but when I type startx to run x windows I get
> an error or it just doesn't work. I get a return that says config
> file not found. I don't know what to do from here. System says I'm
> using Xfree86 v3.3.6, do I update this? I don't even know how to
> install a config file. Maybe that version is incompatible with my
> hardware, but I don't know how to check this out. Thanks.
>
> help is appreciated
>
>
> Kevin J. Holland
> hollandk@ulv.edu
>
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