Newbie problems with X11, Xf86

[Tim Kellers]

On Saturday 02 August 2003 10:44 pm, Benjamin Gonzalez wrote:
> In my .cshrc file under set path = there is a /usr/X11R6/bin.
> # PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config* (when I
> run this it tells me "bad : modifier in $ (/) - I do not know what that
> means.
>
> I still keep getting the following error:
>
> Unable to locate/open config file
> Error from X86HandleConfigFile()
> Fatal server error:
> No screens found
>
> X connectionto :0:0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>

run xf86config and follow the prompts, it should get you started.

Tim Kellers
CPE/NJIT