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Re: XFree86 problems




>I'm trying to install XFree86 using the unstable 3.3 distribution, since 
>I mave a Matrox Mystique.  Everything was going well, until I ran startx, 
>whereupon I received the following error message:
>
>fatal server error:
>xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)

<snippage>

The server is telling you the problem! Login, or su, to root, and cd to 
/dev. Execute this command:

./MAKEDEV tty0

I had the same problem, but running the above fixed things nicely.

Luck,
Jason


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