fatal server error

[Viktor Lazlo]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Rogue Spider wrote:

> I have a Compaq presario 4770
> monitor is a Compaq 1525
> grafix card is s3 Trio64V2
> every time I try to start X server I get
> " Fatal Server Error"
> " No Screens Found"
> " No Drivers Available"
> I know I have the monitor settings correct
> the only thing I could have wrong is
> grafix card settings. or my card is Not supported.
> Could you help me please. Im new to freebsd and
> so far installing and configering is killing me.

This error sounds like you've been trying to configure 4.x XFree86 with a
3.x tool like xf86config.  Try running (as root):

XFree86 -configure

and it should set up a working config file for any supported video card
and monitor.

Cheers,

Viktor