Subject: Re: X windows
To: John R. Daily <jdaily@bbn.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/13/1997 17:33:59
Have you tried runnign startx as root?
What framebuffers are erported on boot (or dmesg)?
Do their device nodes exist in /dev?
David/abs
-- "Its hard to say it... I hate to say it... but its probably me..." --
On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, John R. Daily wrote:
> NetBSD 1.2, running on a Sparc. I did not originally install
> the X files, but I recently downloaded, uncompressed, and untarred
> them from root as root.
>
> When I run "startx" from the console, I get a fatal server error:
> no screens found.
>
> So, what else do I need to do?
>
> --
> John R. Daily
> jdaily@bbn.com
>