On Friday 13 April 2001 12:13, you wrote:
> Thanks for the response!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Not quite your problem I know, but what I found was
>
> > that installation WAS complete but X server was not, I found this by
> > re-booting which took me to a text login, I then ran Xconfigurator and
> > was able to get the X server running properly and Beta 3 is now up and
> > running . Hope this points you in the right direction.
>
> I tried that and a few similar options. You are correct that many
> things are installed, but the X installation is apparently not complete
> and I don't know how to complete it. There was no XF86Config file. I
> created one using xf86config (because none of the X based utilities
> would run). But, even with the XF86Config file, X would not start. I
> can't remember the exact message when I tried startx, but my
> interpretation was that there was something else missing.
I too could not find XF86Config or XFSetup, but I did find that Xconfigurator
was installed (I'd forgotten about this one but found it when browsing an old
RH book for clues), but I know nothing about your SiS630 so can't help here
but I'll dig around when I get a few minutes and see if I can find anything.
>
> Nevertheless, I will try this again in a few days. (I don't want to
> right now because I installed Mandrake 7.0 on the system and my son will
> be using it for a few days.)
>
> > I used "expert install" don't know if this is what allowed me to choose
> > the Xfree version, have not tried the normal way.
>
> I'm sorry I was not more clear here. I also used expert install, and
> got the chance to choose which Xfree version I wanted to use, but the
> choices included only "XFree 3.3.6" and "XFree 3.3.6 with experimental
> 3D support", and not "XFree 4.0.3". As I said in the previous post,
> there is some confusion about whether the XFree 4.0.3 driver for SiS
> supports the SiS 630 -- it seems the information on the XFree site
> specifically mentions support of the SiS 630 for the 4.0.2 driver, but
> does not mention the SiS 630 at all for the 4.0.3 driver. Is that an
> oversite or was the SiS 630 driver dropped in 4.0.3? (I've written to
> XFree.org about the problem.)
>
Perhaps I wasn't very clear either, I didn't state the correct version I was
installing, I was using Beta 3 RC1, I don't have Betas 2 or 3 so I may have
misinformed you re: XFree 4.0.3
John Clarke
